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Forest Hill, Alabama

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36618. It stands on Twelvemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spring Hill quadrangle.

Forest Hill within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 32 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

81 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Forest Hill between 1994 and 2017, burning about 634 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 37 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
Arson/incendiarism37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning16
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 August 1999Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 June 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 June 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission1675 CR 217, AL
30 May 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20140527-003
24 May 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission6371 COUNTY , RD 56, AL
20 May 1999Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Forest Hill: 5 producers, 4 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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
Laidlaw No. 1 PitClayPast Producer
Tommy Graham Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Laidlaw Number 1 QuarryClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Tommy Graham Pit No. 2Clay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brunson Pit Number 6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Eight Mine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Mobile County

Storms near this place

4 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Forest Hill in 4 storm reports between 2004 and 2016: 2 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2004LightningForest Hill1 hurtLightning struck near a male who was walking back to his vehicle after visiting a convenience store. The strike knocked him to the ground. He was taken to a local hospital, examined and later released.
March 2016FloodForest Hill$10,000Water rescue of a motorist at Old Shell Road and Bay Shore Ave.
March 2011Flash FloodForest Hill-Heavy rain flooded roads at the intersection of Interstate 65 and Springhill Avenue.
January 2010Flash FloodForest Hill-Mobile Police Department reported several vehicles stalled due to high water covering the roadway on Old Shell Road at North Sage Avenue, and on Old Shell Road at Union Avenue in Mobile.

Every storm recorded in Mobile 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
Bellwood0.2 miles32
Deerwood0.4 miles32
Chesterfield Estates0.9 miles32
Overlook Estates1.0 miles32
Parkview Estates1.1 miles32
Lebaron Woods1.1 miles32
Pine Grove1.2 miles32
Forest Highlands1.2 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118489. 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.