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Chappell Hill, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Gilbertown-Toxey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36908. The Survey maps it on the Toxey quadrangle.

Chappell Hill within Choctaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

70 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Chappell Hill between 1994 and 2019, burning about 296 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionLENOIR LANDING RD., AL
28 September 2019Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190928-13
30 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionPLEASANT HILL RD, AL
30 August 1994Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1998Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190816-13
5 July 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20130718-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Choctaw 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 Chappell Hill: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Cho 1 Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Choctaw 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
Wimbly1.7 miles12
Thornton Springs2.2 miles12
Old Samuel3.0 miles12
Lou3.0 miles12
Toxey3.2 miles12
Pleasant Hill3.4 miles12
Gilbertown3.6 miles12
Barrytown3.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 139976. 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.