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Chapel Hill, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It lies in ZIP code area 36862. The Survey maps it on the Lafayette quadrangle.

Chapel Hill within Chambers County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

116 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Chapel Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 706 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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 burning61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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 1998Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.1 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionWEST SIDE OF COOSA RIVER, AL
29 September 2019Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190929-7
23 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2005Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined41 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20120912-002
11 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chambers County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Chapel Hill: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Milltown PlutonStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerPlagioclase, Quartz

Every working recorded in Chambers County

Storms near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chapel Hill in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
January 2023Tornado (EF2)Chapel Hill-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in eastern Chambers County and determined that it was consistent with an EF2 tornado, with maximum winds near 130 mph. The tornado touched down on County Road 114, about six-tenths of a mile west of Highway 431. The tornado tracked northeast and intensified once it passed through the Five Points community, snapping and uprooting many trees along County Road 267 and causing roof damage to a barn. The swath of timber damage became almost a mile wide along County Roads 281 and 282 and at least one residence suffered roof damage. The tornado continued to intensify as it crossed County Road 268 where large swaths of pine trees were snapped. A manufactured home was completely destroyed and blown downstream near County Road 278. Most of the structural damage happened along County Road 284. A couple residences suffered significant shingle damage, one had siding damage, and a manufactured home had its porch ripped off, impacting its walls. Another manufactured building was blown off its footings. Another significant swath of snapped pines was observed on County Road 283, some snapped off only a couple feet off the ground. The tornado then crossed into Georgia about eight-tenths of a mile southeast of the intersection of County Road 439 and County Road 283.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindChapel Hill-Roofs missing from several barns and windows blown out at a residence.

Every storm recorded in Chambers 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
White Plains1.8 miles13
Penton1.9 miles11
Rock Fence2.9 miles11
Rollins3.4 miles13
Buffalo3.7 miles13
Marcoot3.9 miles13
Foster Crossroads4.5 miles10
Five Points4.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156168. 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.