Vine Hill, Alabama
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Billingsley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36758. The Survey maps it on the Jones quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1891 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plantersville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Plantersville SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Jones quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
80 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Vine Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 610 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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 | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.8 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.3 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140927-002 |
| 14 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20120914-001 |
| 6 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Vine Hill: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Freemont Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vine Hill in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF2) | Vine Hill | - | A tornado entered far northwest Autauga County after producing EF-3 damage in Plantersville in Dallas County. Entire swaths|of hardwood trees were uprooted and snapped, and estimates were|given the maximum rating possible for tree fall/tree snap at|134 MPH. Had there been other damage indicators impacted, it is|quite likely that portions in Autauga would also have been rated|at the EF-3 level. The tornado continued northeastward into|Chilton County. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Hill | - | Trees uprooted and power lines downed along Highway 63. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Hill | - | Several trees uprooted in the Whitehouse Community near the intersection of County Road 241 and Highway 278. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Hill | - | A greenhouse was destroyed and several trees uprooted in the town of West Blocton. |
| March 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Vine Hill | - | A tornado initially touched down in rural southeast Perry County along Oscar Price Road, just northeast of Suttle. It then tracked northeast across northern Dallas County, before crossing Mulberry Creek, moving into Autauga County. As it moved into Autauga County, just north of Vine hill, dozens of trees were snapped. It continued a short path, snapping a few more trees, before it lifted near County Road 31, just north of Bethel Grove. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Beth Grove (historical) | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Bethel Grove | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Fremont | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Bonita | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Milton | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Evergreen | 8.7 miles | 17 | |
| Winslow | 9.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 153853. 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.








