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Center Hill, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Jemison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35085. It stands on Abbott Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jemison West quadrangle.

Center Hill within Chilton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

240 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Center Hill between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,672 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 51 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 burning115
Arson/incendiarism51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Recreation and ceremony20
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
7 September 1995Debris and open burning3.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-1
24 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190923-21
22 September 2005Arson/incendiarism23 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chilton County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Center Hill: 5 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Nelson Iron ProspectIronOccurrence
Jemison Mine and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jemison QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Chi 1 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Frye Shale PitClayProducer
JemisonClayProducer
Jenkins PitClayProducer
Wessington Shale ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Chilton 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
Kalona0.6 miles15
Oak Grove1.5 miles15
Jemison1.6 miles15
Wessington2.1 miles19
Rocky Mount3.2 miles15
Mars Hill3.4 miles15
Pleasant Grove3.7 miles15
Bessie3.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 115843. 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.