BlockThornhill, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Forkland-Tishabee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35443. The Survey maps it on the Forkland quadrangle.
On record in Thornhill
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.
Thornhilllisted 1984 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1947 USGS Forkland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Forkland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
8 of 14 photographs shown, 1939 to 2010Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2010. Library of Congress
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2010. Library of Congress
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2010. Library of Congress
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Greene County
Fires near this place
75 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Thornhill between 1994 and 2019, burning about 326 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 22 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/incendiarism | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180908-2 |
| 6 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150925-006 |
| 23 September 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemont | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Braggville | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Hycutt | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Forkland | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Five Points | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Tishabee | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Jackson Quarters | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Walden Quarters | 5.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157152. 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.