BlockWilson Heights, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35630. It lies near Forty Acres Island (historical). The Survey maps it on the Killen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1914 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Killen quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Killen quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Killen quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
104 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Wilson Heights between 1994 and 2020, burning about 387 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 33 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 | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190929-11 |
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 673 CR 72, AL |
| 16 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village Pines | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| Woodlawn | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Indian Springs | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Rivermont | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Elm Acres | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Bainbridge (historical) | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Weeden Heights | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Lakeside Highlands | 1.4 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 142066. 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.