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Oak Hill, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Munford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36203. The Survey maps it on the Oxford quadrangle.

Oak Hill within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

100 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Oak Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,066 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 40 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/incendiarism40
Debris and open burning27
Recreation and ceremony12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2

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
30 September 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140930-001
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaFIRE BALL
13 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2007Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2000Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaSHOTGUN SHELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Oak Hill: 11 past producers, 9 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, 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
Not Known, Ammiston AreaManganese, IronPast ProducerResidual
Skinner DepositAluminum, KaolinProspect
Oxford QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Amminston AreaIronPast ProducerResidual
Not Known, Anniston AreaIronPast ProducerResidual
Skinner Pit No. 2IronPast Producer
Skinner Pit No. 3IronPast Producer
Skinner Pit No. 4IronPast Producer
Skinner Pit-No. 1IronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
McAding1.9 miles21
Kentuck3.8 miles21
Sweet Home5.0 miles21
Silver Run5.1 miles21
Jenifer6.9 miles21
Grant Town7.8 miles21
Hopeful8.2 miles14
Richeytown8.2 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 162499. 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.