BlockWestern Hills Estates, Alabama
23 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 35749. It lies near Capshaw Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Jeff quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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 Jeff quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Jeff quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Jeff quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
75 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Western Hills Estates between 1994 and 2019, burning about 156 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cluttsville | 1.3 miles | 23 | |
| Clarkdale | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| Jeff | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Northwood | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Monrovia | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Harvest | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Hoover | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Vaughn Corners | 3.2 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157242. 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.