Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
“Montgomery Hill Baptist Church is a historic church on the east side of Highway 59 on CR 80 in Tensaw, Alabama, United States. It was built in 1853 in a Greek Revival style.”
Wikipedia article Montgomery Hill Baptist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 61 National Register listings published here for Baldwin County · listed in 1988 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Montgomery Hill Baptist Church between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,976 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 72 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 | 72 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200813-1 |
| 7 July 1996 | Natural | 36 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 June 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150615-001 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tensaw, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2000: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tensaw | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down near Tensaw. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tensaw | $5,000 | Law enforcement reported that high thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in and around the community of Tensaw. Trees were also reported down around Little River at around the same time. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tensaw | $3,000 | Several large tree limbs were blown from trees near Tensaw. |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tensaw | $2,000 | no account filed |
| February 1995 | Hail | Tensaw | - | A citizen reported dime-size hail in north Baldwin County near Tensaw. |
| December 1996 | Hail | Tensaw | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Latham United Methodist Church | 5.2 miles | 1988 |
 | Nelson House | 6.0 miles | 1988 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88001352 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Baldwin County | All 61 listed properties in this county. |
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