Silverhill, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Robertsdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36576. The Survey maps it on the Silverhill quadrangle. 768 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 141 feet above sea level.
On record in Silverhill
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 3 records
People's Supply Companylisted 1997
State Bank Silverhilllisted 2001
Svea Land Company Officelisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresSilverhill grew from 706 to 768 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 706 | |
| 2020 | 768 | +62 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1921 USGS Fairhope quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Silverhill quadrangle1:31680
- 1941 USGS Fairhope quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Silverhill quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Silverhill quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Fairhope quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Fairhope quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Silverhill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
80 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Silverhill between 1994 and 2019, burning about 542 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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 | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150925-002 |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150919-002 |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.8 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NIMPHS LANE, AL |
| 22 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150622-001 |
| 17 June 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Silverhill: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlow Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Baldwin County Plant Summerdale | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Silverhill in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverhill | $10,000 | Several large 40 to 50 foot diameter trees were reported down in the Silverhill community due to thunderstorm wind gusts near 60 mph. Power lines were also downed. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverhill | $10,000 | Several trees and power lines blown down just north of Silverhill and near Bay Minette. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverhill | $7,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed several trees in Silverhill with one tree down on a house. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverhill | $5,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew several shingles from a home's roof near Silverhill. |
| July 1999 | Lightning | Silverhill | $5,000 | A house was reported struck by lightning and caught fire. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverhill | $500 | Trees were blown down in Silverhill. EMA estimated wind speed of 60 mph. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverhill | - | High winds damaged vehicles with windows blown out and rolled a small camper. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Silverhill | - | Total rainfall of 6.33 inches. |
| October 2017 | Flash Flood | Silverhill | - | Water reached up to the car door at a residence west of County Road 55. |
| October 2017 | Flash Flood | Silverhill | - | Water rescue on CR 55 at Camellia Road. |
| March 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Silverhill | - | The tornado first touched down on West Boulevard just south of South Boulevard in Silverhill. At this location two homes suffered roof damage with some windows blown out. The tornado then tracked toward the northeast quickly widening and reaching EF-2 intensity on the Enhanced Fujita Tornado Scale as it moved just south of South Avenue west of County Road 55. Maximum winds were between 111 miles per hour and 135 miles per hour. Several homes were destroyed or severely damaged, and a utility trailer was thrown nearly 100 yards. A pickup truck that was backing out of the U.S. Post Office was tossed 40 yards and flipped, with minor injuries to the driver. The tornado continue northeast crossing Highway 104, doing major damage to several homes, businesses and structures. The tornado lifted near County Road 52 just east of Hill Road. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Silverhill | - | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Hail | Silverhill | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robertsdale | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Summerdale | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Loxley | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Clay City | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Rosinton | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Ellisville | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Marlow | 6.3 miles | 18 | |
| Belforest | 6.7 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Silverhill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q67127 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 126858. 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.











