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Suburban Heights, Alabama

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36619. It stands on Campground Branch. The Survey maps it on the Theodore quadrangle.

Suburban Heights within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 33 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

193 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Suburban Heights between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,625 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 87 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
Arson/incendiarism87
Debris and open burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1

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
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190905-1
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism60 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150902-001
19 September 1996Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190802-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Suburban Heights: 9 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silica, Stone. 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
Chris Dobbins Cement PlantStonePlant
Halls Mill PitSilicaProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Harrison PitClayPast Producer
Joe Yates PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Brunson Constrction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Busby PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gull Dredge QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Halls Mill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Laidlaw No. 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

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
Tillmans Corner0.5 miles33
Lansdowne1.3 miles33
Rabbit Creek Estates1.3 miles33
Quail Run1.5 miles33
Robinwood1.6 miles33
Mann1.7 miles33
Canterbury Heights2.1 miles33
Crestview2.1 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 143844. 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.