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Spring Hill, Alabama

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the East Escambia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36426. It stands on King Branch. The Survey maps it on the Brewton South quadrangle. It stands 197 feet above sea level.

Spring Hill within Escambia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

176 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Spring Hill between 1994 and 2019, burning about 993 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 28 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 burning87
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Arson/incendiarism28
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Natural2
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
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.3 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution13 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionFINLAY LANE, AL
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190929-17
28 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190923-14
23 September 1997Debris and open burning3.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Debris and open burning4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Spring Hill: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, 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
East Brewton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, SilicaProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Escambia 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
East Brewton1.8 miles9
Brewton2.0 miles9
Rock Hill2.0 miles7
Pea Ridge3.4 miles9
Riverview3.5 miles9
Kirkland5.6 miles9
Keego5.9 miles9
Dixonville7.4 miles9

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 Spring HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7580560The 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 127235. 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.