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Gray Hill, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the West Blocton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35184. It stands on Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Halfmile Shoals quadrangle.

Gray Hill within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

193 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Gray Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,483 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 61 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 burning69
Arson/incendiarism61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking5
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2002Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20130903-001
29 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined33 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-10
24 September 2015Recreation and ceremony15 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150924-004
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Recreation and ceremony12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Gray Hill: 12 past producers, 10 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Iron, Manganese. 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
Alamag Copper Prospects No 2CopperOccurrence
Cobern No. 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
R C Coleman ProspectIron, ManganeseOccurrence
Woodstock Brown Iron Ore DepositManganese, IronPast Producer1830, 1961
Bibb CountyIronUnknown
GreenpondIronUnknown
Martaban MineIronPast Producer
Rice Brothers ProspectIronOccurrence
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Bibb 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
Hebron3.4 miles20
Green Pond3.7 miles19
Masena3.8 miles20
Blockton Junc4.6 miles19
Woodstock4.9 miles19
Giles5.0 miles19
North Bibb5.1 miles19
Academy Park5.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156431. 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.