Camak Mills, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Jasper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35503. It stands on Strip Pit Creek. The Survey maps it on the Manchester quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Camak Mills within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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.

1893 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1949 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
2000 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

172 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of Camak Mills (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,384 acres in total. None started naturally. 62 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	62
Debris and open burning	57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	28
Recreation and ceremony	16
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Smoking	2
Other causes	2
Fireworks	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
9 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2016	Debris and open burning	52 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160929-16
29 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Manchester	0.7 miles	18
South Lowell	1.0 miles	18
Five Points	1.3 miles	18
Hudson Settlement	1.6 miles	18
Marigold	2.5 miles	18
Hillsdale	2.9 miles	17
Gamble	3.1 miles	18
Oak Hill	3.3 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 162302. 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.