Windmill Hills, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Brundidge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36010. The Survey maps it on the Brundidge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1948 USGS Brundidge quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Brundidge quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Brundidge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Brundidge quadrangle1:25000
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
53 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Windmill Hills between 1994 and 2019, burning about 176 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190930-12 |
| 20 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190918-12 |
| 17 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 7904 HIGHWAY 10, AL |
| 16 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190916-18 |
| 12 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20120912-001 |
| 12 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 74 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 74 workings within 5 miles of Windmill Hills: 41 unknowns, 16 past producers, 13 occurrences, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pik 8 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| G P Taylor Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Miss Annie Bass Prospect | Iron | Unknown | ||
| R L Godwin Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| R L Godwinn Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest | 0.8 miles | 11 | |
| Brundidge | 0.8 miles | 11 | |
| Broad View | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| Green Ridge | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Pronto | 2.0 miles | 7 | |
| Antioch | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Richland | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Shiloh | 5.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1730393. 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.







