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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.

Vine Hill within Autauga 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

80 since 1994

Regional 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 burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism14
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Smoking1
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
9 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2007Debris and open burning2.8 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.3 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20140927-002
14 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20120914-001
6 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Autauga County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dallas PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Freemont PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Autauga County

Storms near this place

5 since 2012

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2025Tornado (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 2021Thunderstorm WindVine Hill-Trees uprooted and power lines downed along Highway 63.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindVine Hill-Several trees uprooted in the Whitehouse Community near the intersection of County Road 241 and Highway 278.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindVine Hill-A greenhouse was destroyed and several trees uprooted in the town of West Blocton.
March 2012Tornado (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.

Every storm recorded in Autauga 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
Jones2.0 miles17
Beth Grove (historical)2.2 miles16
Bethel Grove3.0 miles16
Fremont4.6 miles17
Bonita6.1 miles17
Milton6.2 miles17
Evergreen8.7 miles17
Winslow9.6 miles17

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.