Clayhill, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Dixons Mill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36784. It stands on Talbert Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sweet Water quadrangle. It stands 285 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Sweet Water quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Selma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Clayhill between 1994 and 2019, burning about 471 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 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 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-20 |
| 20 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150920-006 |
| 14 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190912-12 |
| 11 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clayhill in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayhill | - | Numerous trees were uprooted, resulting in widespread power outages around the Sweet Water area. US 43 near the Marengo/Clarke county line was blocked by trees. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayhill | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed south of Dixons Mills on Highway 43. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellison (historical) | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Surginer | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Dixons Mills | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Marengo | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Vineland | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Doyle | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Vangale | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Wayne | 6.7 miles | 10 |
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 Clayhill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5129919 | 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 156186. 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.




