BlockRed Hill, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Eclectic census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36024. The Survey maps it on the Red Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1906 USGS Dadeville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Red Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
142 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Red Hill between 1994 and 2017, burning about 1,030 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 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 | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Red Hill: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mass Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Silver Hill Mine | Gold | Past Producer | 1835 |
Storms near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Hill in 6 storm reports between 1995 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Hill | $85,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Elmore County. Considerable damage was caused in the Red Hill area in the northeast part of the county along Lake Martin. The Red Hill Volunteer Fire Department reported damage to 16 lakefront homes, two of the houses had their roofs blown completely off. Wetumpka Police reported trees and power lines down. Trees fell on two houses. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Hill | - | Multiple trees uprooted on Castaway Island Road. |
| February 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Red Hill | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northeast Elmore County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 70 mph. A brief tornado touched down near the intersection of Martin Dam Road and Griffin Hall Road. Several trees were uprooted and one home suffered damage from a fallen tree. Another home had some shingle loss. One outbuilding had metal paneling blown off and another had its roof lofted toward the south. A faint TDS was also noted on radar. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Hill | - | Several trees uprooted near the intersection of East Cotton Road and Red Hill Road. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Hill | - | Several trees uprooted and blocking the road at the intersection of Cherokee Heights Road and Martin Dam Road. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Hill | - | Two trees and several powerlines were downed along Highway 229, just west of Martin Dam. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 155214. 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.