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Allison Mills, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Sycamore-Winterboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35160. It stands on Weisingel Branch. The Survey maps it on the Talladega quadrangle.

Allison Mills within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

423 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 423 fires within 5 miles of Allison Mills between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,297 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 156 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/incendiarism156
Debris and open burning128
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Railroad operations and maintenance31
Recreation and ceremony30
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Other causes3
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Natural20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20200906-3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Allison Mills: 10 past producers, 5 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Aluminum, Sulfides. 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
Gold Log MineCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer1874
Gold Log MineGold, SulfidesPast Producer1875
Parsons MineAluminum, IronPast Producer
Story MineGold, SulfidesPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
Talladega ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Carlton Limonite BankIronPast ProducerResidual
Gold Log MineGoldPast Producer
Robb PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Robb PlacerGoldPast ProducerGold
Robb PlacerGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
Bemiston1.4 miles22
Thornhill1.5 miles21
Mardisville2.4 miles21
McCannsville2.9 miles22
Talladega3.2 miles22
Moorefield3.2 miles22
Barclay3.4 miles21
Mount Olive Circle3.6 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122546016The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159061. 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.