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Upper Green Hill, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Killen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35645. It stands on Shakerag Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pruitton quadrangle.

Upper Green Hill within Lauderdale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

112 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Upper Green Hill between 1997 and 2020, burning about 600 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 40 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 burning42
Arson/incendiarism40
Equipment and vehicle use15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking2
Natural2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission15792 COUNTY ROAD 33, AL
25 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20140925-004
17 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTennessee Division of ForestryGREEN FIRE
14 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTennessee Division of ForestryKENNEDY FIRE
14 September 1999Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2007Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lauderdale County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Upper Green Hill: 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Silica, Limestone, Dimension, Iron. 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
Allen ProspectIronProspect
Chert MineSilicaPast Producer
McKinney MineStone, DimensionPast Producer
QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lauderdale County

Storms near this place

31 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Upper Green Hill in 31 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 20 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 3 flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2008Thunderstorm WindUpper Green Hill$15,000A severe thunderstorm downed a few trees and power lines on County Road 33 near Green Hill. Multiple houses, which were still under construction received slight to moderate damage. Lumber from one of the houses was blown into the roadway.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindUpper Green Hill$10,000Thunderstorm winds tore off a canopy from a porch at a residence in the Hickory Flats neighborhood.
April 2011LightningUpper Green Hill$5,000Lightning struck a home and a nearby outbuilding sparking a fire. Details unknown.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindUpper Green Hill$2,000Trees were knocked down at 110 CR 341. Time estimated by radar.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindUpper Green Hill$2,000A tree was knocked down onto power lines which also fell.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindUpper Green Hill$2,000Trees and power lines were knocked down along County Road 338.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindUpper Green Hill$2,000Trees were knocked down along County Road 36 near Green Hill.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindUpper Green Hill$1,000A tree was knocked down blocking both lanes at the intersection of CR 33 and CR 39. Time estimated by radar.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindUpper Green Hill$1,000A tree down on CR 339 was knocked down with partial blockage of the roadway. Time estimated based on radar.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindUpper Green Hill$1,000A tree was knocked down blocking CR 39. Time estimated by radar.
December 2025Thunderstorm WindUpper Green Hill$1,000The 911 call center reported a tree down blocking one lane of traffic at the intersection of CR 33 and CR 39.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindUpper Green Hill$500A tree was knocked down at this location.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindUpper Green Hill$500A large tree was knocked down on County Road 94.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindUpper Green Hill$500A tree was knocked down along County Road 177 west of County Road 94.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindUpper Green Hill$500A tree was knocked down near the intersection of CR 8 and CR 94.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindUpper Green Hill$500A severe thunderstorm knocked down a tree on county road 177, three miles northwest of Green Hill.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindUpper Green Hill$200A tree was knocked down into the roadway at Roller Coaster Road at CR 130. Time estimated by radar.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindUpper Green Hill$200A tree was knocked down on CR 25 in Green Hill.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindUpper Green Hill$200A tree was knocked down onto CR 130.
April 2025Flash FloodUpper Green Hill-Several inches of water flooding CR 47 near Greenhill Methodist Church. Depth of water estimated at 4 to 6 inches and rising.
April 2025Flash FloodUpper Green Hill-Report of water flowing over the roadway on CR 39 in Lexington, AL. Depth of water estimated about 6 inches.
August 2023HailUpper Green Hill-A report of quarter size hail was received at this location. Time was estimated from radar.
March 2020Flash FloodUpper Green Hill-Flash flooding closed CR 130 at Military Road. Depth of water unknown.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindUpper Green Hill-Multiple trees and power lines were knocked down near CR 33 and CR 39. Time estimated.
February 2019FloodUpper Green Hill-CR 130 closed due to flooding near Cowpen Creek. Water depth unknown.
June 2011Flash FloodUpper Green Hill-County Road 130 was closed due to flash flooding.
January 2009Flash FloodUpper Green Hill-Heavy rainfall caused flash flooding which closed County Road 130 in the Green Hill area near the Alabama and Tennessee state line.
March 2009FloodUpper Green Hill-Runoff from heavy rainfall caused area streams and creeks to flood and closed county road 130 northwest of Green Hill to be closed.
March 2009FloodUpper Green Hill-Runoff from heavy rainfall closed CR 450 in the Green Hill community.
August 2008HailUpper Green Hill-Golf ball size hail was reported at the intersection of County Road 25 and highway 64 in the Center Hill community.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindUpper Green Hill-Trees were knocked down near Highway 13 as a squall line moved across the region.

Every storm recorded in Lauderdale 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
Green Hill0.9 miles17
Palestine (historical)2.9 miles17
Mecca (historical)3.6 miles17
Belew (historical)3.6 miles17
Center Hill3.7 miles17
Stutts (historical)3.8 miles17
Slabtown (historical)3.8 miles17
North Carolina (historical)4.1 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q122562292The 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 128374. 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.

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.