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Scenic Hills, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Elmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36066. It stands on Fay Branch. The Survey maps it on the Prattville quadrangle.

Scenic Hills within Elmore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

87 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Scenic Hills between 1994 and 2015, burning about 423 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined28
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony3

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 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20130929-001
23 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Arson/incendiarism3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism126 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission493, AL
27 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elmore County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Scenic Hills: 14 producers, 4 past producers, 1 unknown. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, Clay. 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
Dixie Sand & Gravel - Maxwell PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerQuartz
Gober Pit Jenkins Brick CompanyClayProducer
Dixie Sand & Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dredge No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Hunter Station Pit / Dixie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Millbrook PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Millbrook Scott PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Old Alabama PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Old Alabama QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Elmore 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
Fays3.6 miles18
Pine Brook Estates3.6 miles20
Jacksons Lake3.8 miles20
Great Oaks3.9 miles20
Kingswood4.3 miles20
Millbrook4.3 miles20
Prattville Junction4.4 miles20
Rose Hill4.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 137315. 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.