BlockChapel Hill, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Florala census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36442. The Survey maps it on the Hacoda quadrangle. It stands 230 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Hacoda quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
111 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Chapel Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,749 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 66 / SANDY RAMP RD |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | NATURAL BRIDGE ROAD (66) |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190922-5 |
| 20 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 66/8MILE CEMETERY RD-0959 |
| 9 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 June 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 140 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | FLORALA |
| 3 June 2006 | Natural | 12 acres | 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 Chapel Hill: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marianna and Ocala Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
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.
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 Chapel Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5073000 | 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 1730327. 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.