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Alabama Hill, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43730. It stands on Irish Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Deavertown quadrangle.

Alabama Hill within Perry County

Then and now

1911 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Alabama Hill, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Alabama Hill, surveyed 1911

Compare 1911 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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.

In the 1883 county history

3,203 words on this township

The county history of 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Monroe Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Monroe Township - 3,203 words.

Fires nearby

21 since 2009

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Alabama Hill between 2009 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning8
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Other causes1

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
5 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWayne National ForestALDER
11 June 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWayne National ForestMILLER TOWN RD
2 May 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources11385
6 April 2013Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresWayne National ForestWATER WORKS
26 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresWayne National ForestCONGO
16 April 2019Other causes1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15170

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 87 shown

Museums hold 87 specimens collected within 10 miles of Alabama Hill between 1890 and 1971: 66 Animalia, 13 Plantae, 8 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Coker W. C., Conan J. Taylor, Duvel, J.W.T and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Pucciniastrum hydrangeae (Magnus) ArthurPucciniastrum hydrangeae (Magnus) Arthur1891W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Phaeoceros carolinianus, not of this specimenPhaeoceros carolinianus (Michx.) Prosk.1890W. C. WernerRendville.
A photograph of the species Anomodon attenuatus, not of this specimenAnomodon attenuatus (Hedw.) Huebener1891W. C. WernerRendville
A photograph of the species Anthoceros punctatus, not of this specimenAnthoceros punctatus L.1891not recordedRendville
A photograph of the species Ascocoryne cylichnium, not of this specimenAscocoryne cylichnium (Tul.) Korf1891W. A. Kellerman
Brachythecium acuminatum (Hedw.) Austin1891W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Callicladium haldanianum, not of this specimenCallicladium haldanianum (Grev.) H.A.Crum1891W. C. WernerRendville
A photograph of the species Frullania eboracensis, not of this specimenFrullania eboracensis Gottsche1891W. C. WernerRendville
A photograph of the species Hypnum jutlandicum, not of this specimenHypnum jutlandicum Holmen & E.Warncke1891W. C. WernerRendville
Panellus stipticus (Bull.) P.Karst.1891W. A. KellermanRendville
A photograph of the species Puccinia coronata, not of this specimenPuccinia coronata f. coronata1891W. A. Kellerman
Puccinia punctata Link1891W. A. Kellerman

All 87 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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
Chapel Hill0.8 miles14
San Toy1.7 miles15
Rendville2.3 miles14
Corning2.9 miles14
Portersville3.0 miles15
Millertown3.4 miles14
Sayre3.5 miles15
Oakfield3.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075245. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.