Williams Heights, Alabama

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36572. It stands on Hells Swamp Branch. The Survey maps it on the Chickasaw quadrangle.

Williams Heights within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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.

1941 USGS Chickasaw quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
1941 USGS Creola quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1943 USGS Chickasaw quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
1943 USGS Creola quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Chickasaw quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
1953 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

130 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Williams Heights between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,323 acres in total. None started naturally. 60 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
Arson/incendiarism	60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30
Debris and open burning	29
Recreation and ceremony	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Smoking	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	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 1995	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	SWR-20150906-002
21 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	4.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	SWR-20150918-005
17 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	55 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	SWR-20150917-003
15 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 August 1998	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Williams Heights: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay	Producer	Clay, Quartz
Dirt Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
George Knapp Construction Co. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz

Every working recorded in Mobile 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
Little Pines	0.2 miles	30
Mackies	0.6 miles	30
Satsuma	1.1 miles	30
Saraland	1.5 miles	30
Pine Wood	1.6 miles	30
Oakleigh Estates	1.8 miles	30
Cox Beach	1.8 miles	30
Junior Acres	2.1 miles	30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 143935. 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.