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Hill Top, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Alexandria-Webster Chapel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36279. The Survey maps it on the Wellington quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hill Top within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

169 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Hill Top (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,488 acres in total. None started naturally. 52 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 burning68
Arson/incendiarism52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony16
Equipment and vehicle use7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1

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
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20130908-001
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Debris and open burning25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Hill Top (historical): 16 occurrences, 15 past producers, 6 unknowns, 4 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Iron, Lead, Lead, Zinc. 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
Ohatchee QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Old Lead MineLead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Limestone, GeneralPast Producer1860
Tom MooreLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer1916
Unnamed ProspectZinc, LeadPast Producer1863
Wellington ProspectLead, Zinc, Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Cedar Springs ProspectLead, Zinc, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Old Lead MineLead, ZincPast Producer1850
Unnamed ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Angel MineBarium-Barite, LeadPast ProducerBarite, Galena

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Wellington0.8 miles18
West Wellington1.0 miles18
Duke1.3 miles18
Union1.3 miles18
Woodruff (historical)1.3 miles18
Prickettville1.6 miles17
Sulphur Springs1.7 miles17
Crystal Springs1.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 149186. 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.