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Oak Hill, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Jasper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35503. It stands on Mooney Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jasper quadrangle.

Oak Hill within Walker County

On record in Oak 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

7 surveys from 17 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

258 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 258 fires within 5 miles of Oak Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,889 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 125 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/incendiarism125
Debris and open burning62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Recreation and ceremony17
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking4
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160906-5
6 September 1995Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oak Hill: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Glen Allen No. 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Patton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Walker 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
Hillsdale1.3 miles17
Hudson Settlement1.9 miles18
Jasper2.0 miles17
Five Points2.0 miles18
Frisco Quarters2.6 miles17
Gamble2.8 miles18
Manchester3.3 miles18
Camak Mills (historical)3.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 142403. 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.