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Carr Mill, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Millerville-Hollins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36251. It stands on Blue Creek. The Survey maps it on the Millerville quadrangle.

Carr Mill within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

157 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Carr Mill between 1994 and 2019, burning about 3,246 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 66 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/incendiarism66
Debris and open burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burning74 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-16
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Carr Mill: 21 past producers, 12 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Graphite, Gold, Copper, Mica. 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
A S Bell Pyrite DepositSulfurOccurrence
Harall Gold MineGold, Silver, IronPast Producer1846
Harall MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Hatchet Creek Prospect - West MillervilleIron, Copper, SulfurOccurrence1963
Hatchet Creek Prospect MillervilleSulfur, Iron, CopperOccurrence1963
Simmons Clay ProspectClayProspect
South Queneldo AreaGraphite, Mica, VanadiumPast ProducerBEDDED
Stringfellow ProspectSulfur-Pyrite, CopperOccurrence1854
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed OccurrenceUranium, GraphiteOccurrence1974

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carr Mill in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2009Flash FloodCarr Mill$2,000Several roads near the town of Millerville had to be closed due to flooding.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindCarr Mill-Multiple trees were blown down along Highway 148.
August 2017Flash FloodCarr Mill-Numerous roads flooded across eastern Clay County. Reports include Highway 49 in the city of Lineville and Highway 77 in the city of Ashland. Canady Road washed out at Wesobulga Creek.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCarr Mill-A tree was uprooted along Alabama Highway 148.

Every storm recorded in Clay 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
Millerville1.4 miles14
Glades2.5 miles14
High Pine3.9 miles15
Rays Crossroads4.0 miles15
Gage4.1 miles23
Shady Grove4.1 miles23
Harkins Crossroads4.4 miles11
Roselle5.8 miles23

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 Q122539533The 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 159330. 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.