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Center Hill, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Killen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35648. It stands on Allen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Center Hill quadrangle.

Center Hill within Lauderdale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

80 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Center Hill between 1997 and 2020, burning about 480 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 27 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 burning28
Arson/incendiarism27
Equipment and vehicle use14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural3
Smoking2

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
6 September 2000Natural10 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission15792 COUNTY ROAD 33, AL
25 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20140925-004
19 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCOUNTY ROAD 33, AL
17 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTennessee Division of ForestryGREEN FIRE
14 September 1999Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2007Natural4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lauderdale County

Storms near this place

15 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Center Hill in 15 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021Thunderstorm WindCenter Hill$10,000Large trees were knocked down and structural damage was reported along a 3/4 mile stretch of CR 33. Six residences experienced significant damage including a roof and outbuilding.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindCenter Hill$5,000A roof was blown off of a house.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindCenter Hill$2,000A tree was knocked down blocking both lanes of the roadway at CR 377 at CR 33.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindCenter Hill$2,000An outbuilding was destroyed.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCenter Hill$1,000A large tree was reported down blocking one lane of traffic at 11000 County Road 33. Time was estimated from radar.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCenter Hill$1,000A tree was knocked down blocking the road on County Road 36 near County Road 456. Time estimated by radar.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCenter Hill$1,000Trees were knocked down on CR 67 south of Alabama Highway 64.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCenter Hill$500A tree was knocked down at 61 County road 483.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindCenter Hill$200A tree was knocked down on CR 483 in Lexington.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindCenter Hill$200A tree was knocked down at CR 472 just off Highway 64 in Lexington.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindCenter Hill-A home was damaged near Center Hill Market at the intersection of CR 623 and Highway 64.
February 2019FloodCenter Hill-CR 458 was reported closed due to flooding. Water depth unknown.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindCenter Hill-A tree was knocked down along CR 159 near CR 470.
February 2018FloodCenter Hill-CR 485 was closed at this location due to flooding.
March 2011Flash FloodCenter Hill-Flash flooding prompted the closure of County Road 458.

Every storm recorded in Lauderdale 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
Arkdell1.0 miles17
Palestine (historical)1.3 miles17
Posey (historical)1.4 miles17
Slabtown (historical)1.9 miles17
Sweet Gum2.2 miles17
Belew (historical)2.5 miles17
Comer2.9 miles17
North Carolina (historical)3.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 115845. 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.

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.