Westhill, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Northport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35452. It stands on Nubbin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Lurleen quadrangle.

Westhill within Tuscaloosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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.

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

71 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Westhill between 1994 and 2017, burning about 442 acres in total. 3 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 burning	25
Arson/incendiarism	11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Recreation and ceremony	6
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Smoking	4
Natural	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
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
30 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	8.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	42 CR 82, AL
22 August 2006	Natural	30 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Westhill: 1 producer. All of them 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Holley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Pine Circle	0.3 miles	15
Coker	0.4 miles	15
Coker Heights	0.6 miles	15
Bel Air Estates	0.8 miles	18
Valliwood	0.9 miles	15
Westland	0.9 miles	15
Lurleen Estates	1.2 miles	15
Western Hills Estates	1.7 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1700488. 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.