BlockWestern Hills, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Coker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35452. The Survey maps it on the Lake Lurleen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1926 USGS Samantha quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Samantha quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Lake Lurleen quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
69 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Western Hills between 1994 and 2019, burning about 397 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 13 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 | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20130915-001 |
| 22 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | COUNTY ROAD 19, AL |
| 21 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Hills Estates | 0.3 miles | 18 | |
| Coker Heights | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Bel Air Estates | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Forest Green Park | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Circle | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Coker | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Westhill | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Forest Green | 2.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1700486. 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.