BlockBefore

Mars Hill, Alabama

19 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 35630. It stands on Craven Branch. The Survey maps it on the Florence quadrangle. It stands 554 feet above sea level.

Mars Hill within Lauderdale County

On record in Mars Hill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

136 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Mars Hill between 1994 and 2019, burning about 301 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 42 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 burning59
Arson/incendiarism42
Smoking8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks1
Natural1

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
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190929-11
29 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission115 COUNTY ROAD 249, AL
28 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2008Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCOUNTY ROAD 200, AL
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission673 CR 72, AL
17 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lauderdale County

Storms near this place

20 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mars Hill in 20 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 lightning, 2 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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
March 2021LightningMars Hill1 hurtA law enforcement officer was struck by lightning while evaluating flooding at Mars Hill Bible School and putting up barricades at the intersection of Chisolm Road and Gresham Road. The officer suffered burns and was treated at a local hospital.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMars Hill$25,000Power poles were snapped with lines down onto a vehicle at Parkway Drive at Staples Drive.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMars Hill$8,000Trees were blown down on Mars Hill Road.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindMars Hill$7,500An electric power pole was knocked down near Hickory Hills Apartments. Time estimated by radar.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMars Hill$5,000A power pole was snapped with lines down at 372 Cox Creek Parkway.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMars Hill$3,000A tree and power lines were knocked down at 111 Sandusky Way.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMars Hill$2,000Power lines were knocked down onto the roadway at 372 Cox Creek Parkway.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMars Hill$1,000A tree was knocked down blocking both lanes at 290 CR 46.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindMars Hill$500A tree was knocked down across Mars Hill Road.
June 2018LightningMars Hill$500A tree was struck by lightning.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindMars Hill$500A tree was knocked down by thunderstorm winds.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindMars Hill$400A tree was knocked down on Cloyd Blvd at the intersection of Mall Road. A large limb was knocked down onto a home on Blair Street. Time estimated.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindMars Hill$200A tree was knocked down on Creekwood Circle in Florence.
May 2025HailMars Hill-Hail with a diameter of up to 3/4 inch was reported via mPING.
December 2023HailMars Hill-An mPING report of 0.75 inch hail was reported.
March 2020Flash FloodMars Hill-Water over the road at 1701 Mars Hill Road. Depth of water unknown.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMars Hill-A power pole was pushed over by high winds on Broadway Blvd. just off Cox Creek Parkway.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMars Hill-A utility worker died due to electrical shock while working to restore electricity in Hickory Hills off Arlington Boulevard due to a tree falling on a power line from thunderstorm winds.
June 2011Flash FloodMars Hill-Mars Hill Road was closed due to flash flooding near the Mars Hill Church.
March 2011Flash FloodMars Hill-Flash flooding prompted the closure of Mars Hill Road.

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
Chisholm Hills0.6 miles19
Beechwood0.7 miles19
Creekwood0.7 miles19
Morningdale0.8 miles19
Twin Brooks0.8 miles19
Rose Park0.8 miles19
Beckman1.0 miles19
Alexander Heights1.1 miles19

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 Mars HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19986958The 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 156659. 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.