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Hickory Hills, Alabama

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Somerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35603. It lies near Bald Knob. The Survey maps it on the Decatur quadrangle.

Hickory Hills within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

61 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Hickory Hills between 1995 and 2019, burning about 287 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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 2019Equipment and vehicle use15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190909-7
4 September 2007Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20180924-1
16 September 1999Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 1999Debris and open burning1.1 acresWheeler National Wildlife RefugeWWSSPOTNOD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hickory Hills: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Plant 4 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Morgan 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
Crowtown0.4 miles25
Rolling Hills1.0 miles25
Burningtree Mountain2.1 miles25
Burningtree Estates2.2 miles25
Priceville2.3 miles25
Bayside2.3 miles25
Cedar Lake2.6 miles25
Six Way2.8 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 120034. 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.