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Red Creek Heights, Alabama

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Semmes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36575. It stands on Double Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kushla quadrangle.

Red Creek Heights within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

398 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 398 fires within 5 miles of Red Creek Heights between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,213 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 133 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 burning136
Arson/incendiarism133
Missing data/not specified/undetermined72
Recreation and ceremony26
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5

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
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1994Debris and open burning11 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionAZALIA LANE (OAK GROVE), AL
29 September 2003Debris and open burning1.7 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20130926-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Red Creek Heights: 10 producers, 3 past producers, 1 prospect. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silica. 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
Mob 2 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Smith PitSilicaProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Harris QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Old Shell Road QuarryClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Tommy Graham Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Tommy Graham Pit No. 2Clay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brunson Number 5 QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Brunson Pit Number 6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Pit Camp No 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
S.D. Tew Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mobile 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
Crawford1.1 miles27
Semmes1.6 miles19
Indian Hills1.9 miles27
Indian Springs2.0 miles27
Pretty Branch Estates2.1 miles27
Meadow Lane Estates2.1 miles27
Lott2.5 miles19
Charmingdale2.6 miles27

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 Q122590960The 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 143688. 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.