Central Mills, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Safford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36773. The Survey maps it on the Central Mills quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Central Mills quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Selma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
57 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Central Mills between 1994 and 2020, burning about 823 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190919-10 |
| 13 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 24 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 110 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | LINDEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Central Mills in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Central Mills | $500 | One tree was blown down on AL-66, near Safford. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Central Mills | - | Several trees uprooted near the intersection of County Road 66 and County Road 109. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Central Mills | - | Large hail reported along Highway 5 southwest of Safford. |
| March 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Central Mills | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southwest Dallas County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 65 mph. The tornado touched down near State Road 66, just east of County Road 109. At this location, a few large branches were snapped off. The tornado tracked northeast through pastureland where additional minor tree damage was observed. The tornado lifted just north of County Road 109 where a large softwood tree was uprooted. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blalock | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Donald | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Safford | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Sedgefield | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Westbrook | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Cobbs Quarters | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Brookwood | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Martin | 7.4 miles | 10 |
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 Q122552279 | 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 156163. 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.
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.




