Oak Hill, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Geraldine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35962. It stands on Oak Hill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Painter quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 22 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.
- 1885 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Painter quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Painter quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Painter quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
70 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Oak Hill between 1998 and 2019, burning about 318 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 | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160907-7 |
| 30 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20140930-002 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-21 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-13 |
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-18 |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-22 |
| 23 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20150923-001 |
| 18 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oak Hill: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Hill in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Hill | $20,000 | A tree was knocked down onto a house and car along CR 104. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Hill | $2,000 | A tree was blown down off of CR 391. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Hill | $1,000 | Trees were knocked down across the road at CR 34 at CR 9. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Hill | $1,000 | Trees were knocked down on CR 482. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Hill | $1,000 | Trees were knocked down on CR 104. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Oak Hill | - | At 10:28 AM on Wednesday, May 25th 2022, an EF-0 tornado touched down near an open-walled garage and caused minor roof damage to the metal roofing panels. The tornado then tracked north-northwest, crossing CR-34 and directly hitting an open-walled chicken house. While most of the roof was damaged, the open walls allowed for the tornado to more easily loft portions of the roof and cause damage to metal roofing panels, so a lower-end estimate of 70 mph was given. This was the maximum width identifiable in the damage pattern for the weak tornado, as roughly two-thirds of the building had roof damage. The tornado then continued north-northwest, uprooting a few trees before rapidly lifting. Due to waterlogged soils from antecedent heavy rainfall, a low-end wind estimate of 73 mph was provided for the uprooted trees. Overall, the tornado lasted less than a minute as it tracked a quarter-mile from south-southeast to the north-northwest embedded within a QLCS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painter | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Crossville | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Geraldine | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Lathamville | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Skirum | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Rogers | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Whiton | 3.8 miles | 22 | |
| Kilpatrick | 4.1 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 150434. 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.












