Green Hill, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Killen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35645. The Survey maps it on the Pruitton quadrangle. It stands 751 feet above sea level.

Green Hill within Lauderdale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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.

1914 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:48000
1916 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1936 USGS Pruitton quadrangle1:24000
1952 USGS Pruitton quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

110 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Green Hill between 1997 and 2020, burning about 600 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 43 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/incendiarism	43
Debris and open burning	38
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Smoking	2
Natural	2
Other causes	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
29 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	15792 COUNTY ROAD 33, AL
25 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	NOR-20140925-004
20 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Tennessee Division of Forestry	GREEN FIRE
16 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190915-6
15 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	9.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	12 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lauderdale 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 Green Hill: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Silica, Limestone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Chert Mine	Silica	Past Producer
McKinney Mine	Stone, Dimension	Past Producer
Quarry	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Lauderdale County

Storms near this place

60 of 94 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Green Hill in 94 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 65 thunderstorm wind, 12 flash flood, 11 hail, 3 flood. 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
June 1999	Flash Flood	Green Hill	$20,000	Several roads around Green hill were flooded. The EMA reported that a few automobiles were washed off the roads but no injuries were sustained. Some flooding was also reported along Shoal Creek in central Lauderdale County.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$15,000	Several trees were downed due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Green Hill	$15,000	A severe thunderstorm downed a few trees and power lines on County Road 33 near Green Hill. Multiple houses, which were still under construction received slight to moderate damage. Lumber from one of the houses was blown into the roadway.
March 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$10,000	Fence and siding damage of a gymnasium was reported at Rogers High School.
December 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Green Hill	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds tore off a canopy from a porch at a residence in the Hickory Flats neighborhood.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$8,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees along county road 364 near Green Hill.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$5,000	Multiple trees were knocked down.
April 2011	Lightning	Upper Green Hill	$5,000	Lightning struck a home and a nearby outbuilding sparking a fire. Details unknown.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$5,000	A large tree was blown over onto a car badly damaging it. This occurred on old CR 140 near Green Hill. Pea size hail and wind gust of 50 miles an hour were reported in numerous locations across eastern Lauderdale County.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$4,000	Numerous trees were downed along County Road 363 and highway 64.
October 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$4,000	Trees were reported down on Bride Road, CR 24, and CR 47 near Green Hill.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$4,000	Numerous trees were blown down in Green Hill. One structure had its metal roof ripped off.
February 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Green Hill	$2,000	Trees were knocked down at 110 CR 341. Time estimated by radar.
February 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Green Hill	$2,000	A tree was knocked down onto power lines which also fell.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Green Hill	$2,000	Trees and power lines were knocked down along County Road 338.
April 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Green Hill	$2,000	Trees were knocked down along County Road 36 near Green Hill.
October 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$2,000	Tress and powerlines were reported down on CR 8.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$2,000	A tree was blown down on CR 73 near Green Hills.
July 2003	Lightning	Green Hill	$2,000	house struck by lightning with minor damage.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$1,500	A tree limb was knocked down onto power lines on Alabama Highway 64, about two miles east of U.S. Highway 43. Time estimated by radar.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$1,000	A tree was down blocking both lanes of traffic about 1/8th of a mile uphill from 5500 CR 94. Time was estimated from radar.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Green Hill	$1,000	A tree was knocked down blocking both lanes at the intersection of CR 33 and CR 39. Time estimated by radar.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$1,000	A tree was reported down on County Road 144. Time estimated by radar.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$1,000	A tree was knocked down partially blocking the road on Phillips Drive. Time estimated by radar.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$1,000	A tree was reported down blocking the road near Green Hill Church. Time estimated by radar.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Green Hill	$1,000	A tree down on CR 339 was knocked down with partial blockage of the roadway. Time estimated based on radar.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Green Hill	$1,000	A tree was knocked down blocking CR 39. Time estimated by radar.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$1,000	Two large bamboo trees were knocked down into the roadway blocking one lane at the intersection of CR 25 and CR 144. Time estimated by radar.
December 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Green Hill	$1,000	The 911 call center reported a tree down blocking one lane of traffic at the intersection of CR 33 and CR 39.
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$1,000	Large tree limbs were knocked down in the Green Hill area.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$1,000	Two trees were knocked down in Green Hill.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$1,000	Telephone lines were knocked down near Rogers School on U.S. Highway 43.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$1,000	Severe thunderstorm winds downed a tree, which fell on a power line in Green Hill near Rogers High School.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$1,000	A severe thunderstorm downed a few large limbs along County Road 33 near Center Hill.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$1,000	A severe thunderstorm downed two trees behind the Green Hill funeral home.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$500	A tree was knocked down at 1700 CR 344. Time estimated by radar.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Green Hill	$500	A tree was knocked down at this location.
April 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$500	One tree was knocked down at 7425 CR 25.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$500	A tree Was Blown Down at the Intersection of County Road 34 and HWY 64.
February 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Green Hill	$500	A large tree was knocked down on County Road 94.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Green Hill	$500	A tree was knocked down along County Road 177 west of County Road 94.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Green Hill	$500	A tree was knocked down near the intersection of CR 8 and CR 94.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$500	A tree was knocked down near the intersection of CR 34 and CR 73.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Green Hill	$500	A severe thunderstorm knocked down a tree on county road 177, three miles northwest of Green Hill.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Green Hill	$200	A tree was knocked down into the roadway at Roller Coaster Road at CR 130. Time estimated by radar.
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$200	A tree was knocked down at the intersection of CR 8 and CR 344.
February 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Green Hill	$200	A tree was knocked down on CR 25 in Green Hill.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$200	A tree was knocked down blocking the road at CR 34 near CR 73.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$200	A tree was knocked down at 241 CR 343 in Green Hill.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$200	A tree was knocked down across the road at U.S. Highway 43 at CR 8.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$200	A tree was knocked down at CR 94 and CR 344.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$200	A tree was knocked down onto the road at 3570 CR 34.
December 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$200	A tree was knocked down on power lines on CR 25 north of Highway 64. Time estimated by radar.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Green Hill	$200	A tree was knocked down onto CR 130.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Green Hill	$200	A tree was knocked down onto CR 8.
February 2026	Hail	Green Hill	-	Quarter sized hail was estimated from a video at 5841 CR 25 in the Green Hill area. Time estimated by radar.
April 2025	Flash Flood	Upper Green Hill	-	Several inches of water flooding CR 47 near Greenhill Methodist Church. Depth of water estimated at 4 to 6 inches and rising.
April 2025	Flash Flood	Upper Green Hill	-	Report of water flowing over the roadway on CR 39 in Lexington, AL. Depth of water estimated about 6 inches.
August 2023	Hail	Upper Green Hill	-	A report of quarter size hail was received at this location. Time was estimated from radar.
March 2020	Flash Flood	Upper Green Hill	-	Flash flooding closed CR 130 at Military Road. Depth of water unknown.

Every storm recorded in Lauderdale 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Upper Green Hill	0.9 miles	17
Mecca (historical)	2.9 miles	17
Stutts (historical)	3.0 miles	17
Palestine (historical)	3.1 miles	17
North Carolina (historical)	3.4 miles	17
Center Hill	3.6 miles	17
McGee (historical)	3.8 miles	17
Belew (historical)	4.1 miles	17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Green Hill	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5602645	The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 119341. 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.