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Taylorville Heights, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Tuscaloosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35405. It stands on Rum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tuscaloosa quadrangle.

Taylorville Heights within Tuscaloosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

57 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Taylorville Heights between 1995 and 2017, burning about 451 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Other causes1

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
24 September 2016Debris and open burning12 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160924-17
14 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20140808-003
31 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission4921 CUVER RD, AL
3 August 2011Arson/incendiarism120 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 29, AL
24 August 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 1999Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1996Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Taylorville Heights: 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: 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
American MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crabtree PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Crabtree PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
W.T. Ratliff Co., Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tuscaloosa 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
Taylorville0.1 miles17
Mimosa Highlands0.7 miles17
Manora Estates0.9 miles17
Morayshire Estates1.1 miles17
Deven Dale1.3 miles17
Skyland Manor1.3 miles17
Mimosa Manor1.4 miles17
Sutton Place1.4 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 Q122547630The 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 148623. 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.