Valley Estates, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Monroeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36460. It stands on Walkers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Monroeville quadrangle.

Valley Estates within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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.

1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Monroeville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Monroeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

142 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Valley Estates between 1994 and 2020, burning about 802 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 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 burning	57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	29
Arson/incendiarism	16
Recreation and ceremony	11
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Railroad operations and maintenance	6
Smoking	5
Natural	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Other causes	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
8 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	1.1 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 1994	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 1999	Smoking	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 1999	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Valley Estates: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Mon 2 Clay Prospect.	Clay	Prospect
	Scott Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Renson	0.8 miles	8
Monroeton	1.3 miles	8
Monroeville	2.0 miles	8
Peterman	3.2 miles	8
Axle	3.6 miles	8
West Monroeville	3.7 miles	8
Drewry	5.0 miles	8
Mexboro	5.6 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1700664. 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.