Butts Mill, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Tallassee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36078. It stands on Harrington Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tallassee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1906 USGS Dadeville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Tallassee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
151 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Butts Mill between 1994 and 2016, burning about 1,558 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 22 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 | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20120927-002 |
| 2 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Butts Mill: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharpe # 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Butts Mill in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Butts Mill | $10,000 | Sporadic trees and power lines were blown down from thunderstorm outflow, from the Friendship Community to Deatsville. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Butts Mill | $3,000 | A 20 inch diameter tree was blown down onto a cable line on Gilmer avenue northwest of Tallassee. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Butts Mill | - | A social media photo confirmed that tennis ball size hail fell along Highway 14 west of Tallassee. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Butts Mill | - | Several trees uprooted along Tallassee Highway. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Butts Mill | - | A few trees uprooted along Friendship Road. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Butts Mill | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Butts Mill | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Butts Mill | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neman | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Friendship | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Burlington (historical) | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Hornsbytown | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Good Hope | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Liberty | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Jordanville | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Floyd | 3.9 miles | 17 |
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 Q122540249 | The 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 156140. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





