BlockHolly Hills, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bay Minette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36507. The Survey maps it on the Bay Minette South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1941 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Bay Minette South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
240 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Holly Hills between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,720 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 72 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 burning | 104 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 72 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190919-4 |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2007 | Natural | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vangordon | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Whitehouse Forks | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Stapleton | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Pine Haven | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Pine Grove | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Steelwood | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Bromley | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Crossroads | 5.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 158227. 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.