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New Hill, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35020. It lies near Jones Valley. The Survey maps it on the Bessemer quadrangle.

New Hill within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

129 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of New Hill between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,003 acres in total. None started naturally. 61 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/incendiarism61
Debris and open burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
7 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Debris and open burning14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission1025 MANOR CIRCLE, AL
29 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of New Hill: 31 past producers, 5 unknowns, 3 producers, 3 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Alpha Portland Cement Company PlantStonePlant
Dolonah QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bessemer PitClayProducer
Shannon PitClayProducer
Birmingham Red Ore Mines DistrictIronPast Producer1864, 1972
IronatonIronUnknown
IronatonIronUnknown
Ishkooda MinesIronPast Producer1863, 1969
Potter MineIronPast Producer
Potter No. 1 MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Lipscomb0.6 miles24
Pauls Hill0.6 miles24
Wheeling Crossroad0.6 miles24
Woodward Junction0.7 miles24
Gordon Heights0.7 miles24
Hudson Gardens1.0 miles24
Woodward Estates1.0 miles24
Hudson Grove1.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 123761. 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.