BlockDug Hill, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Gurley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35741. It lies near Chestnut Knob. The Survey maps it on the Moontown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1888 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1936 USGS Moontown quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Moontown quadrangle1:24000, 5 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 Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Dug Hill between 1994 and 2016, burning about 70 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | HWY 72, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dug Hill in 11 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 5 flash flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dug Hill | $5,000 | A power pole was knocked down at the intersection of Pulaski Pike at Song Bird Road. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dug Hill | $3,000 | At least one tall tree and several large tree limbs were knocked down at the Monte Sano campground. Time estimated by nearby measured wind gust. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dug Hill | $500 | A large portion of a tree was torn off on Paul Road. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dug Hill | $200 | A tree was knocked down on Wimbledon Road. The time was estimated by radar. |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Dug Hill | - | Huntsville PD tweeted a picture of water over Dug Hill Road near Monte Sano. Depth of water unknown. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Dug Hill | - | Houses flooded on Cove Creek Drive. |
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dug Hill | - | A spotter reported a wind gust of 71 mph with some tree limbs in the roadway. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Dug Hill | - | Approximately 12 inches of water flowing over Robinson Drive near Dug Hill Road, producing flash flooding. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Dug Hill | - | Approximately 12 inches of water was flowing across Williams and Broad Drive and Buckeye Lane due to flash flooding. Flood water was seen in crawl spaces and residents could see debris hung in fences about a foot off the ground. |
| April 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Dug Hill | - | The same storm that spawned the Lily Flagg area tornado previously in Madison County, Alabama, caused an additional short-lived tornado that touched down along Dug Hill road near the Cheval Boulevard (Cheval neighborhood). At this location, several hardwood trees were uprooted and several power poles were snapped. In addition, large cedar trees and other smaller softwood trees were snapped and twisted further down Dug Hill road. Further east-northeast, a large swath of cedar trees and other hardwood trees were snapped or uprooted, with several snapped off near the base, which was consistent with EF-1 damage. A roof was also ripped off a barn on the east side of Dug Hill road. The tornado then lifted just north of Raintree road in Madison County, Alabama. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Dug Hill | - | Flash flooding was reported along Governors Drive and Mone Sano Boulevard in Huntsville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryland Acres | 1.6 miles | 25 | |
| Haden | 1.9 miles | 25 | |
| Moontown | 2.1 miles | 22 | |
| Walker Woods | 2.3 miles | 25 | |
| Mountain Heights | 2.6 miles | 25 | |
| Big Cove | 3.2 miles | 22 | |
| Mountain Brook | 3.3 miles | 25 | |
| Greenwycke Village | 3.4 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 117639. 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.