BlockUnion Hill, Alabama
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Eva census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35622. It lies near Cook Gap Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Eva quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1888 USGS Cullman quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Cullman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Eva quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Eva quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Eva quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
67 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Union Hill between 1994 and 2019, burning about 488 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 burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20140921-003 |
| 19 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Union Hill in 8 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union Hill | $10,000 | Trees were blown down near the intersection of Apple Grove Road and Wheeler Drive. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union Hill | $10,000 | A few trees were blown down in Union Hill. One large tree fell on a house near Laceys Spring. A few other trees were knocked down across the eastern part of the county. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union Hill | $3,000 | Trees were reported blown over and swings flipped over at this location. Time was estimated from radar. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union Hill | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down blocking the roadway at the intersection of Union Hill Road and McAnnally Road. Time estimated by radar. |
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union Hill | $1,000 | A tree was reported down near the intersection of Apple Grove road and Union Hilll road. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union Hill | $200 | A tree was knocked down on Westview Lake on Brindley Mountain. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union Hill | $200 | A tree was blown down on Buster Owen Road. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Union Hill | - | Nickel size hail was reported on Brindley Mountain. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Spring | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Eva | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Oden Ridge | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| New Hope | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Center Dale | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Wilhites | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Lacon | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Bell Springs | 6.2 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 151244. 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.