Baker Hill, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bakerhill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36027. The Survey maps it on the Baker Hill quadrangle. 211 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 535 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBaker Hill fell from 279 to 211 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 279 | |
| 2020 | 211 | -68 (-24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Baker Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
70 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Baker Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 937 acres in total. 4 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 | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160930-10 |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-15 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-12 |
| 25 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 1058 COTTONHILL ROAD, AL |
| 21 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 August 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 552 CO RD 75, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 202 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 202 workings within 5 miles of Baker Hill: 109 occurrences, 65 past producers, 18 prospects, 7 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Water, Free, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixon Mine | Aluminum, Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Eufaula Bauxite District | Kaolin, Aluminum | Producer | 1922, 1923 | |
| Eufaula Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Baker 1 | Aluminum, Water, Free | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Barbour Operations Mine | Aluminum, Water, Free | Producer | Surface | |
| Dixon 2 | Aluminum, Water, Free | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Dixon 3 | Aluminum, Water, Free | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Eubanks | Aluminum, Water, Free | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Lynn | Aluminum, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1942 | |
| Sparkman 1 | Aluminum, Water, Free | Past Producer | Surface |
Storms near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baker Hill in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2001: 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Point | 1.9 miles | 7 | |
| Richards Crossroads | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Cotton Hill | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Oateston | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Gaino | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Lime Sink | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Edgefield | 5.8 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Baker Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79605 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 154970. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




