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Roundhill, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Thomasville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36784. The Survey maps it on the Thomasville quadrangle.

Roundhill within Clarke County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

53 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Roundhill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 437 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 9 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 burning17
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural3
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
30 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20200930-3
26 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Smoking5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2014Natural2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20140902-002
17 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1998Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clarke 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 Roundhill: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fullers Earth, Zeolites. 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
Tallahatta Claystone, Clarke CountyFullers Earth, ZeolitesProspectBEDDED

Every working recorded in Clarke County

Storms near this place

2 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roundhill in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 2 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
May 2025Thunderstorm WindRoundhill-Trees down near Peach Tree Rd and Danzy Settlement Rd. Time estimated by radar.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindRoundhill-High winds downed trees on Round Hill Road 3 miles east of Old Highway 5.

Every storm recorded in Clarke 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
Thomasville1.9 miles8
McWer2.3 miles7
Rural2.4 miles7
Choctaw Corner3.7 miles8
Midway4.1 miles8
Springfield4.9 miles8
Finley Crossing5.0 miles8
Pleasant Hill5.1 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156998. 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.