Holy Trinity, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cottonton-Seale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36856. The Survey maps it on the Omaha quadrangle. It stands 312 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
66 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Holy Trinity between 1994 and 2020, burning about 575 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2000 | Smoking | 34 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-STEWART-003 |
| 11 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Holy Trinity: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pit Number 7 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Uchee Creek Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz |
Storms near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holy Trinity in 2 storm reports in 2005: 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2005 | Hail | Holy Trinity | $2,000 | Golf ball size hail was observed in Holy Trinity. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Holy Trinity | - | Half dollar size hail was reported from Holy Trinity to Fort Mitchell. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loflin | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Oswichee | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Apalatchukla (historical) | 5.4 miles | 23 | |
| Yuchi (historical) | 5.9 miles | 23 | |
| Sawokli (historical) | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Uchi (historical) | 6.3 miles | 23 | |
| Cottonton | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| McLendon | 6.6 miles | 10 |
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 Holy Trinity | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5886349 | 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 120313. 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.




