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Pine Hill, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Folsom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36263. The Survey maps it on the Newell quadrangle.

Pine Hill within Randolph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

103 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Pine Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 512 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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 burning53
Arson/incendiarism18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2016Debris and open burning2.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160908-2
8 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2016Debris and open burning3.8 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160905-4
4 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-30
17 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190917-3
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Pine Hill: 14 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Sulfur, Copper, Iron, Sulfur, Zinc. 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
Moss-Back MineCopper, GoldPast Producer1870
Newell Mine & MillMicaPlant
Stone Hill Cu Mine Et AlCopper, Iron, Sulfur, ZincPast Producer
Stone Hill MineCopper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1874
Smith ProspectSulfur, CopperOccurrence
Stone Hill MineSulfur, CopperPast Producer1874
Johnson ProspectCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite
Johnston ProspectCopperUnknown1874
Moss-Back MineGold, CopperPast Producer1890
Smith MineCopperPast Producer1854

Every working recorded in Randolph County

Storms near this place

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Hill in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 1 lightning, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2009LightningPine Hill$10,000A lightning strike caused a house to catch fire, on CR-82 near the Hawk community, resulting in unspecified damages.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindPine Hill-Several trees uprooted along County Road 51.
April 2014Flash FloodPine Hill-An extended period of heavy rainfall led to flash flooding across Randolph County. Numerous roads were closed and culverts washed out. Water as deep as two feet was reported in Wedowee, mainly along 5th St and 1st Ave, where two manufactured homes were evacuated due to rising water. Additional roads were impassable near the community of Hawk, near Lake Wedowee, north of Wadley.

Every storm recorded in Randolph 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
Lofty0.7 miles12
Butlers Mill1.7 miles12
Smyrna2.0 miles12
Gold Ridge2.1 miles12
Newell2.6 miles12
Hawk3.2 miles13
Kaylor3.3 miles13
Jordan Chapel4.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156893. 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.