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Hines, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35634. It stands on Storey Branch. The Survey maps it on the Blackburn quadrangle.

Hines 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.

Fires near this place

226 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Hines between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,224 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 119 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/incendiarism119
Debris and open burning72
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreTennessee Division of ForestryMILES SLEDGE FIRE
29 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20800COUNTY ROAD 8, AL
23 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission8756 COUNTY RD 61, AL
21 September 2000Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190915-6

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lauderdale County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hines: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Iron. 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
Lull MineStone, DimensionPast Producer
Stults ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in Lauderdale County

Storms near this place

7 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hines in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHines$2,000Power lines were reported down at this location on CR 8. Time was estimated from radar.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHines$2,000Several trees were knocked down near the intersection of County Roads 61 and 300.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindHines$1,000Power lines were knocked down at the intersection of CR 8 and Goose Shoals Lane.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindHines$500A power line was knocked down at 28420 CR 8.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHines$500A tree was blown down along CR 8 near the railroad tracks.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHines-Multiple trees were knocked down on CR 61.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindHines-A mobile home in the Green Hill community on CR 94 had the roof partially peeled back. Trees were snapped also in the area.

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Webster (historical)0.8 miles17
Zip City1.4 miles17
Keys Chapel (historical)1.9 miles17
Blackburn2.0 miles17
Wilson2.6 miles17
Pruitton2.8 miles17
Mecca (historical)4.4 miles17
Arnot (historical)4.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156479. 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.