BlockHays Mill, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Athens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35620. The Survey maps it on the Elkmont quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1888 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Elkmont quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Elkmont quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
86 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Hays Mill between 1994 and 2019, burning about 614 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190925-15 |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20150902-001 |
| 2 September 1999 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 140 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hays Mill in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hays Mill | $8,000 | Multiple trees were reported down along highway 127 and Hays Mill road. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hays Mill | $200 | A tree was knocked down near the intersection of Runway Street and Windsor Place. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hays Mill | - | A tree was knocked down on Airfield Street. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hays Mill | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged shingles on a home. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Hays Mill | - | Penny sized hail was reported. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hays Mill | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees, tore a residential fence down, and blew off roof shingles near the intersection of Old Elkmont Road and Crosskey Road. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hays Mill | - | Small trees and branches were blown down along Highway 127 and Coffman Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carey | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Alabama Fork | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Piney Chapel | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Cross Key | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Bonneville | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Elkmont | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Morris Crossroads | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Walnut Hill | 3.5 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 119904. 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.