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Clover Hill, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Fort Deposit census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36032. It stands on Hog Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Dale quadrangle.

Clover Hill within Lowndes County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

48 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Clover Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 443 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 burning14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
19 July 2000Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 June 1995Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 June 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 May 2004Equipment and vehicle use5.3 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 May 2004Equipment and vehicle use5.3 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 May 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 May 2011Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionWALLER RD, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lowndes County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Clover Hill: 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Low 14 Clay ProspectClayProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Lowndes 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
Palmyra2.7 miles8
Mount Willing4.3 miles9
Lum5.4 miles9
Macedonia5.4 miles8
Braggs6.2 miles11
Fort Deposit6.6 miles8
Calhoun9.1 miles9
Fostoria9.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156192. 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.