BlockChapel Hill, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Lisman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36912. It stands on Smith Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jachin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Jachin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
71 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Chapel Hill between 1994 and 2018, burning about 606 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 burning | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chapel Hill in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2011: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Hail | Chapel Hill | $300,000 | Baseball size hail caused significant damage to automobiles and various other properties. Several cars had windshields knocked out. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chapel Hill | $10,000 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jachin | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Robjohn | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Mollie | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Pelham | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Cromwell | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Indian Springs | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Deas | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Choctaw City | 5.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 115950. 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.