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Hendrick Mill, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Oneonta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35121. It lies near Tidwell Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland quadrangle.

Hendrick Mill within Blount County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

101 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Hendrick Mill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,036 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 burning43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism16
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Debris and open burning40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190917-10
16 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190916-14
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blount County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Hendrick Mill: 10 occurrences, 8 prospects, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Limestone, General. 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
Graystone PlantCalciumProducer
Quality Rock PitLimestone, GeneralProducer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectManganese, IronProspect
Unnamed ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
E J Cozby ProspectIronOccurrence
Hullett ProspectIronProspect
J P Box ProspectIronOccurrence
Reuben Little ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Blount 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
Clear Springs0.9 miles24
Inland Junction1.8 miles24
Armstead2.4 miles21
Little Warrior2.7 miles21
Locust Fork3.3 miles21
Watseka (historical)3.4 miles24
Deavers Town3.4 miles21
Allgood4.0 miles21

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 Q122568560The 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 156467. 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.