BlockRock Hill, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the East Escambia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36426. The Survey maps it on the Roberts quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Roberts quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
159 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Rock Hill between 1994 and 2019, burning about 933 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 25 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 | 82 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.3 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | FINLAY LANE, AL |
| 29 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190929-17 |
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190923-14 |
| 23 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 8.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Hill | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| East Brewton | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Brewton | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Riverview | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Pea Ridge | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Kirkland | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Roberts | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Boykin | 6.9 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156979. 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.