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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.

Battery Hill within Jackson County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

104 since 1994

Regional 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 burning43
Arson/incendiarism43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190929-1
15 September 1998Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1998Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1999Debris and open burning25 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Bridgeport Jv SmelterIron, SilicaPlant
Jac 14 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Richard City QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Richard City Quarry Penn-Dixie Cement Corp.Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Thomas and AssociatesLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Bridgeport0.5 miles24
Copenhagen (historical)2.3 miles24
Rocky Springs2.4 miles23
Long Island2.4 miles24
Summer Bluff3.2 miles23
Cumberland Junction3.2 miles23
Widows Creek Station3.3 miles23
Mount Carmel3.8 miles23

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.