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Kings Hill, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Leesburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35983. It lies near Byrams Island. The Survey maps it on the Leesburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Kings Hill within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

124 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Kings Hill (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,632 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 48 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/incendiarism48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined26 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160903-2
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200915-1
15 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160915-1
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Kings Hill (historical): 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum. 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
Barfield Bauxite MineAluminumPast Producer
Chulafinnee Mine-Lot 1050IronPast Producer
Leeth Mt. AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Slackland1.1 miles19
Aubrey Isle2.7 miles19
Maple Grove2.8 miles19
Mackey3.0 miles19
Dixon Shop3.2 miles19
Mountain Lake Estates4.0 miles19
Elrath4.0 miles19
Leesburg4.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 136914. 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.