BlockCotton Hill, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bakerhill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36027. It stands on Howell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Baker Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Baker Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
93 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Cotton Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 934 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 16 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 | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160930-10 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-12 |
| 28 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.1 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-5 |
| 27 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160927-7 |
| 27 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160927-10 |
| 27 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160927-11 |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Cotton Hill: 15 occurrences, 13 unknowns, 5 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Water, Free. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cotton Hill in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | Tornado (EF2) | Cotton Hill | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southeast Barbour County and determined that it was consistent with an EF2 tornado, with maximum winds near 130 mph.||The tornado formed in a wooded area west of Lee Parker Lane, just north of Highway 131 and to the northeast of the town of Baker Hill. The tornado tracked northeastward uprooting trees and causing minor roof damage to two residences along Five Mile Road. It continued to snap trees as it tracked through a wooded area. The tornado crossed Highway 131 near Leroy Road where two residences and a mobile home suffered minor damage. The tornado intensified as it crossed Highway 431 with the most significant damage in the Country Club of Alabama neighborhood, along the south side of Pebble Beach Drive. Large sections of roofs were removed from a few well built residences with collapse of some exterior walls. The tornado crossed the Walter F. George Reservoir along the Chattahoochee River and continued into Quitman County in Georgia. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Point | 3.0 miles | 7 | |
| Gaino | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Osco | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Baker Hill | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Knowlton (historical) | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| White Oak | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Fields (historical) | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Tullis | 6.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156217. 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.
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.