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Rolling Hills, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Phenix City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36869. The Survey maps it on the Phenix City quadrangle.

Rolling Hills within Russell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

145 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Rolling Hills between 1994 and 2018, burning about 756 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 26 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 burning52
Arson/incendiarism26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Recreation and ceremony13
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1

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 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20150905-001
29 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission2406 SANDFORT RD., AL
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-MUSCOGEE-001
11 September 2002Smoking34 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-MUSCOGEE-001
1 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140901-002
1 September 1995Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Russell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Rolling Hills: 12 producers, 1 past producer. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE. 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
Chattahoochee River GravelSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerIlmenite, Kyanite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon
Dixieland PitsSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerPlacer
Bussey PitClayProducer
Cilla MineClayProducer
No. 1 PitClayProducer
No. 4 MinesClayPast Producer
Woolfolk MineClayProducer
Dixieland MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kendrick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Phenix City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Russell 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
Kaolin0.8 miles22
Girard1.3 miles22
Fontaine Village1.3 miles22
Garrett Heights1.6 miles26
Phenix City2.2 miles22
Ladonia3.3 miles22
Brickyard3.3 miles22
Greenbrier3.3 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 138723. 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.