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Pecan Grove Estates, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36109. The Survey maps it on the Montgomery North quadrangle.

Pecan Grove Estates within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

42 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Pecan Grove Estates between 1995 and 2018, burning about 254 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
23 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20150915-001
15 September 1999Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission188 MONROE STREET, AL
5 August 2007Natural2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 1995Debris and open burning5.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Pecan Grove Estates: 13 producers, 2 past producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alabama RiverSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, KyaniteProducerQuartz
French Street Brick PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Browder PitClayProducer
Excelsior MineClayProducer
Jenkins Brick Co., Inc. PitClayProducer
Coosada Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Cossada Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dozier PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dredge QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Mcgee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Morningview0.5 miles20
Rosemont Heights0.5 miles20
King Hill0.7 miles20
Highland Gardens0.8 miles20
Kilby0.9 miles20
Highpoint Estates0.9 miles20
Capitol Heights1.1 miles20
Hillcrest1.1 miles20

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122538940The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 142781. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.