Vestavia Estates, Alabama

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Huntsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35802. It stands on Drake Cove Branch. The Survey maps it on the Huntsville quadrangle.

Vestavia Estates within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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.

1888 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1936 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
1948 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
1950 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
1975 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Vestavia Estates between 1994 and 2011, burning about 119 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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	7
Arson/incendiarism	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
6 June 2011	Debris and open burning	7.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	592 SATTLE TRACE LANE, AL
21 June 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 June 2008	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	REDSTONE ARSENAL, AL
12 June 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	25 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	HUNTSVILLE BROWNS FERRY / MALONE ROAD, AL
15 April 2003	Arson/incendiarism	60 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	SOUTH SHAWNEE RD., AL
4 March 2011	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	KINGSBRIGDE RD, AL
26 March 1995	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
25 February 1994	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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 Vestavia Estates: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
	South Parway Quarry No. 1	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
	Wheeler Lake Mine	Clay	Producer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Bailey Cove Estates	0.4 miles	25
Willowbrook Estates	0.5 miles	25
Flemington Heights	0.6 miles	25
Bel Air Estates	0.7 miles	25
Huntsville Hills	0.8 miles	25
Willow Hills Estates	0.9 miles	25
Bluewood Estates	0.9 miles	25
Willowbrook	0.9 miles	25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 147345. 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.