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Pelham Heights, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Anniston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36206. It stands on Remount Creek. The Survey maps it on the Anniston quadrangle.

Pelham Heights within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

177 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Pelham Heights between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,886 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 33 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined64
Debris and open burning47
Arson/incendiarism33
Recreation and ceremony12
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWheeler National Wildlife RefugeFM 94-10
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWheeler National Wildlife RefugeFM 95-14
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMountain Longleaf National Wildlife RefugeFREDRICK HILL FIRE
20 September 2010Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Pelham Heights: 26 unknowns, 15 past producers, 4 producers, 3 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Peaceburg Alumina ProspectAluminumOccurrence
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Anniston PitsIron, ManganesePast Producer1875
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Uncertain, Anniston AreaIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Cal 1 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Dixie PitClayProducer
Donoho MineClayProducer
Dubois MineClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Sherman Heights0.2 miles19
Lenlock0.8 miles19
Blue Springs (historical)1.2 miles19
Weaver1.5 miles17
Hillcrest1.5 miles19
June Bug (historical)1.7 miles17
Halls Chapel2.7 miles17
Four Mile2.8 miles17

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 Q122563414The 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 124575. 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.