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Sand Hill, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Auburn-Opelika census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36832. It stands on Parkerson Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Loachapoka quadrangle.

Sand Hill within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

85 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Sand Hill between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,130 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 17 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 burning25
Arson/incendiarism17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural5
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2016Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160911-3
11 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission2540 LEE RD 47, AL
29 August 2003Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1998Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.5 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140827-003
24 August 2011Natural147 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD 17, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sand Hill: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Auburn Plant & QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Crumpton ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Crutchfield MineGoldPast ProducerGold

Every working recorded in Lee 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
Whipporwill Estates1.7 miles13
Wright Crossroads1.7 miles13
Conner Estates1.9 miles13
Oak Hollow2.4 miles13
Twin Creeks2.4 miles13
Duggar Farms2.5 miles13
Kuderna Acres2.8 miles13
Windsor Forest2.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 138297. 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.