BlockSnow Hill, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Echo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36360. The Survey maps it on the Echo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Echo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
42 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Snow Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 186 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190907-3 |
| 20 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180920-3 |
| 30 July 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO.RD. 655, AL |
| 19 July 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 July 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200604-3 |
| 30 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190630-1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snow Hill in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snow Hill | $2,000 | Fences and awnings were blown down along County Road 36 in association with a microburst. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echo | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Lewis | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Browns Crossroad | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mabson | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bells Crossroads | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Asbury | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Snells Crossroads | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Ewell | 5.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157084. 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.
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.