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Chapel Hill, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Jasper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35501. The Survey maps it on the Cordova quadrangle.

Chapel Hill within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

320 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 320 fires within 5 miles of Chapel Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,478 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 178 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/incendiarism178
Debris and open burning76
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
Natural1

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 2006Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burning1.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Smoking5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Chapel Hill: 6 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Cordova Fire Clay DistrictFire Clay (Refractory), CoalProducerSEDIMENTARY
Patton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cordova MineClayProducer
Cordova PitClayProducer
Drummond Coal Co., PitClayProducer
Shale PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Walker 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
Gardiners Gin0.5 miles19
Union Chapel1.7 miles19
Corinth2.3 miles19
Boldo2.9 miles19
Frisco Quarters3.2 miles17
Cameron3.6 miles17
Lynns Park3.6 miles19
Jasper3.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 115952. 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.