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Smith Hill, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the West Blocton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35184. It stands on Hill Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Blocton East quadrangle.

Smith Hill within Bibb County

On record in Smith 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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

278 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 278 fires within 5 miles of Smith Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,305 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 112 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
Arson/incendiarism112
Debris and open burning110
Recreation and ceremony20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural1

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
9 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200906-2
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1994Debris and open burning3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Smith Hill: 12 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Woodstock QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
BushIronUnknown
Dago HollowIronUnknown
GreeleyIronUnknown
ShamblinIronUnknown
StandifordIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Bibb 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
Flat Top0.2 miles19
Italian Town0.3 miles19
Blocton (historical)0.6 miles19
Corinne (historical)0.7 miles19
Bucktown (historical)0.9 miles19
Stacks Hill (historical)1.3 miles19
West Blocton1.3 miles20
McCulley1.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 127022. 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.