Battery Hill, Alabama
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bridgeport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35740. It lies near Long Island. The Survey maps it on the Bridgeport quadrangle.
On record in Battery Hill
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Bridgeport Historic Districtlisted 2002 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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.
- 1886 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 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 Battery Hill between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,608 acres in total. None started naturally. 43 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 | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190929-1 |
| 15 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Battery Hill: 2 plants, 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Limestone, General, Iron, Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Bridgeport Jv Smelter | Iron, Silica | Plant | ||
| Jac 14 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Richard City Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Richard City Quarry Penn-Dixie Cement Corp. | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Thomas and Associates | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport | 0.5 miles | 24 | |
| Copenhagen (historical) | 2.3 miles | 24 | |
| Rocky Springs | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Long Island | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Summer Bluff | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Cumberland Junction | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Widows Creek Station | 3.3 miles | 23 | |
| Mount Carmel | 3.8 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 113574. 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.











