Woodlawn Heights, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Russellville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35653. The Survey maps it on the Russellville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1924 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:48000
- 1924 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1936 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
131 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Woodlawn Heights between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,686 acres in total. None started naturally. 55 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 | 55 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190921-7 |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 134 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 134 workings within 5 miles of Woodlawn Heights: 111 unknowns, 17 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russellville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Auxford | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Debardeleben | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Ensley-Sloss Number 1 | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Macy | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Pearl R Peters Iron Mine No 2 | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Pinkney | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Russellville Brown Iron Ore Mines | Iron | Past Producer | 1818, 1974 | |
| Russellville Mine | Iron | Producer | ||
| Sewanee | Iron | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hester Heights | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Russellville | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Good Springs | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Fairview | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Reedtown | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Jonesboro | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Gravel Hill | 3.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 154030. 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.










