Camp Hill, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Camp Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36850. It stands on Little Sandy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Camp Hill quadrangle. 1,006 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 712 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresCamp Hill fell from 1,273 to 1,006 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,273 | |
| 2010 | 1,014 | -259 (-20%) |
| 2020 | 1,006 | -8 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1906 USGS Dadeville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Camp Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
109 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Camp Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,029 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 38 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 | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | HWY 50, AL |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160930-12 |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160930-2 |
| 3 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 26 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Camp Hill: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dock Heard Mine | Mica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Camp Hill in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camp Hill | $10,000 | A tree was blown down onto a house and truck, along Old Highway 280 near Camp Hill. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Camp Hill | $5,000 | Several roads around Camp Hill, including AL-50 and CR-89, had to be closed due to high water making them temporarily impassable. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camp Hill | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down by state troopers in the Camp Hill area of southeast Tallapoosa County. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camp Hill | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down in Camp Hill. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camp Hill | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down near Camp Hill. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Camp Hill | - | Golf ball size hail reported in Camp Hill. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Camp Hill | - | Baseball size hail reported in Camp Hill with numerous vehicle windows shattered. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camp Hill | - | Several trees were uprooted in the town of Camp Hill. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Camp Hill | - | Penny to nickel size hail was observed in and near Camp Hill. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Camp Hill | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Camp Hill | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slaughters | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Pinnell | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Spinks | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pine Grove | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Mary | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Agricola | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Smith Crossroads (historical) | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Dadeville | 6.2 miles | 12 |
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 Camp Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q66450 | 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 115465. 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.





