West Hill, Alabama

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36608. It stands on Twelvemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spring Hill quadrangle.

West Hill within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 32 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.

1922 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:62500
1940 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1943 USGS Spring Hill quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
1944 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1953 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1953 USGS Spring Hill quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
1957 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

87 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of West Hill between 1994 and 2017, burning about 806 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 33 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
Arson/incendiarism	33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	21
Debris and open burning	18
Recreation and ceremony	5
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Natural	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
8 September 1995	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
19 August 1999	Natural	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
10 June 2011	Natural	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	5509 WHITE PINE DR., AL
9 May 1996	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
8 May 1996	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 May 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of West Hill: 5 producers, 5 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay, Clay, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Harrison Pit	Clay	Past Producer
John Maples Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay	Past Producer
Laidlaw No. 1 Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Laidlaw Number 1 Quarry	Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Tommy Graham Pit No. 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay	Past Producer
Tommy Graham Pit No. 2	Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Halls Mill Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz

Every working recorded in Mobile 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Wheelerville	0.6 miles	32
Country Club Village	0.9 miles	32
Huntleigh Woods	0.9 miles	32
Park Forest	1.2 miles	32
Hillsdale Heights	1.3 miles	32
Winthrop Square	1.4 miles	32
Timbers	1.4 miles	32
Alpine Hills	1.5 miles	32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 128783. 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.