Love Hill, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cottonwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36312. It stands on Webb Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cottonwood quadrangle. It stands 243 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Cottonwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
48 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Love Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 331 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190909-8 |
| 7 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 461 ANTIOCH CHURCH RD, AL |
| 4 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200804-2 |
| 28 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 428 BUDMOORE ROAD, AL |
| 24 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 222 BUDMOORE RD, AL |
| 23 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140823-001 |
| 10 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Love Hill in 13 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Love Hill | $5,000 | Several trees and power poles were snapped around the Lovetown/Love Hill area. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Love Hill | $3,000 | Power poles were blown down along Gene Terry Road. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Love Hill | $2,000 | Power lines and a tree were blown down around South County Road 33. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Love Hill | $1,000 | Trees were blown down at South Rocky Creek Road and Womack Road. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Love Hill | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on Antioch Church Road. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Love Hill | $500 | A tree was blown down across September Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Love Hill | - | Trees were blown down across the road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Love Hill | - | A tree was blown down along Highway 55. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Love Hill | - | A tree was blown down onto Dusty Lane. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Love Hill | - | County Road 33 at Cottonwood Road was reported underwater. Radar estimated that 3-4 inches of rain fell in 1 hour. |
| December 2016 | Flood | Love Hill | - | Watertank road was flooded between Gene Terry Road and Fowler Road as a result of a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall. |
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | Love Hill | - | A deputy reported water covering the 3000 block of Gene Terry Road. A local pond in the area likely overflowed. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Love Hill | - | A few trees were blown down near Lovetown. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Crossroads | 0.9 miles | 8 | |
| Dupree | 2.3 miles | 7 | |
| Wilson Quarters | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Cottonwood | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Ashford | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Avon | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Keytons | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Memphis | 5.5 miles | 8 |
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 Love Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18350558 | 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 122057. 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.
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.




