Rolling Hills, Alabama

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Somerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35603. It lies near Bald Knob. The Survey maps it on the Decatur quadrangle.

Rolling Hills within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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.

1888 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1936 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:24000
1950 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:24000
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1975 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

56 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Rolling Hills between 1994 and 2019, burning about 293 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Arson/incendiarism	15
Debris and open burning	12
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Recreation and ceremony	4
Smoking	2
Natural	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 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190909-7
4 September 2007	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1999	Smoking	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
17 August 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	40 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
12 August 1999	Debris and open burning	1.1 acres	Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge	WWSSPOTNOD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rolling Hills: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Plant 4 Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Morgan 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hickory Hills	1.0 miles	25
Crowtown	1.3 miles	25
Bayside	2.5 miles	25
Cedar Lake	2.9 miles	25
Priceville	2.9 miles	25
Fairview	3.0 miles	25
Burningtree Mountain	3.1 miles	25
Burningtree Estates	3.2 miles	25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156992. 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.