BlockChigger Hill, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Fyffe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35971. It stands on Upton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Grove Oak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 22 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.
- 1885 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Grove Oak quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Grove Oak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Grove Oak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
64 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Chigger Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 430 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 burning | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190907-5 |
| 4 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160930-17 |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180903-3 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-13 |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-22 |
| 20 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chigger Hill in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chigger Hill | $25,000 | The roof was lifted and displaced on a building, which also knocked out the top portion of the brick wall on one side of the building. A tin roof was also taken off of a nearby garage building. This occurred in Lakeview at the intersection of Highway 75 and CR 434. The photo of the damage was provided via social media and compared to previous Google Maps street view photos. Time estimated by radar. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chigger Hill | $4,000 | Trees were reported twisted and snapped with power lines entragled on CR 329 between highway 75 and 227. Time was estimated from radar. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chigger Hill | $3,000 | Trees reported down near Geraldine. (original report - time 12:24) Not certain of location, but radar doesn't match and report was near Geraldine. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chigger Hill | $3,000 | Trees were knocked down along County Road 821 at Highway 227. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Chigger Hill | - | One inch diameter hail was reported. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chigger Hill | - | A few trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Hill | 1.5 miles | 22 | |
| Lakeview | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Ten Broeck | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Hopewell | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Geraldine | 3.3 miles | 22 | |
| Grove Oak | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Moores Crossroads | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Five Forks | 3.7 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 150154. 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.