Russell Hill, Alabama

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Huntsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35816. It stands on Russell Hill. The Survey maps it on the Huntsville quadrangle.

Russell Hill within Madison County

On record in Russell Hill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

McThornmor Acres Subdivision Historic Districtlisted 2022 · 0.5 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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 Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
1948 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
1950 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
1975 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

14 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Russell Hill between 1997 and 2011, burning about 43 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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	6
Arson/incendiarism	4
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2

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
19 September 1997	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2000	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2000	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
3 June 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
18 June 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	217 CHRIS RYAN LANE TONEY ALABAMA, AL
12 June 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	25 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	HUNTSVILLE BROWNS FERRY / MALONE ROAD, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Russell Hill: 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Molybdenum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Huntsville North Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Teledyne Wah Chang/Huntsville, Ala.	Molybdenum	Unknown
Baker Terminal	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Base Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Plant

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Hillandale	0.5 miles	25
University Park	0.6 miles	25
Green Acres	0.6 miles	27
Hillmont	0.7 miles	25
Hillview Acres	0.7 miles	25
Union Park	0.7 miles	25
Westlawn	0.9 miles	27
Cavalry Hill	0.9 miles	25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 147233. 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.