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Union Hill, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Salem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35610. It stands on Daly Branch. The Survey maps it on the Union Hill quadrangle.

Union Hill within Limestone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

55 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Union Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 279 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 burning29
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2007Debris and open burning3.5 acresTennessee Division of ForestryFORK OF THE ROAD
2 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160902-3
16 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
30 August 2011Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionMONDAY ROAD, AL
30 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2006Debris and open burning4.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Limestone County

Storms near this place

9 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Union Hill in 9 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2010Thunderstorm WindUnion Hill$35,000Winds knocked down approximately 25 trees along Sugar Creek Estates Road. Downed trees and tree limbs tore down several power lines, some of which fell on some vehicles.
January 2022Thunderstorm WindUnion Hill$3,000Trees and powerlines were knocked down along Persimmons Tree Road.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindUnion Hill$2,000Power lines were blown down near the intersection of CR 58 and County Line Road. Time was estimated from radar.
December 2025Thunderstorm WindUnion Hill$1,000A tree was reported down on Persimmon Tree and Bailey Cove road.
January 2022Tornado (EF1)Union Hill-A tornado touched down near the intersection of Persimmon Tree Road and Siniard Road, where a few trees were snapped or uprooted. It moved to the northeast, snapping and uprooting numerous trees as it crossed Tommy Hill Road and Lester Road. As the tornado crossed Holly Lane, it reached its highest strength with a peak wind speed of 86 mph and downed dozens of trees. It continued its northeastward progression, uprooting trees along Salem Minor Hill Road and Gardner Holly Road before crossing into Giles County Tennessee.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindUnion Hill-A strong gust front pushed southeast through the county knocking down several trees and power lines across the northern and portions of central Limestone County, including near the Elk River, Tanner, Elmont and Athens.
May 2009Flash FloodUnion Hill-Heavy rainfall caused widespread flash flooding, especially in the western portion of the county.
December 2008Flash FloodUnion Hill-Limestone County 911 center reported flash flooding occurring throughout the entire county, especially in the Belle Mina area.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindUnion Hill-A tree was blown down along County Road 207.

Every storm recorded in Limestone 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
Good Springs2.1 miles14
Lester2.7 miles14
Ridgway Mill2.9 miles14
Scarce Grease3.6 miles14
Mount Rozell4.3 miles14
Cherry Grove4.4 miles14
Clifton (historical)5.3 miles15
Salem5.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157190. 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.