Bald Hill, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Slocomb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36375. It stands on Poley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Clayhatchee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1942 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Clayhatchee quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:62500
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
27 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Bald Hill between 1996 and 2020, burning about 517 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 June 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 312 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CUMBIE RD, AL |
| 29 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200512-17 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Bald Hill: 15 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bald Hill in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bald Hill | - | A tree was blown down across Highway 123. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Crossroads | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Dundee | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Slocomb | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| High Bluff | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Hartford | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Malvern | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Bellwood | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Kellys Crossroads | 8.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 113396. 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.






