Hortons Mill, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Clarence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35121. It stands on Sand Valley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clarence quadrangle.
On record in Hortons Mill
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Horton Mill Covered Bridgelisted 1970 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 22 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.
- 1885 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Clarence quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Susan Moore quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Clarence quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Susan Moore quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
122 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Hortons Mill between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,508 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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 | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180907-2 |
| 6 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2016 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160921-4 |
| 20 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 1535 STARNES CHAPEL RD, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 45 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Hortons Mill: 15 occurrences, 10 past producers, 9 prospects, 9 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Flagstone, Manganese, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blo 4 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Champion Mines | Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | 1885, 1945 | |
| Brown Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Lamb Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Oneoneta Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Blount County | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Champion Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hortons Mill in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2010: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hortons Mill | $5,000 | A trees was blown down onto a mobile home, on Towns Road. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hortons Mill | $1,000 | Two trees were blown down near the Hortons Mill community, north of Oneonta. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hendrix | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Hoods Crossroads | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Murphree | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Bird (historical) | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Fridays Crossing | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Rosa | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Taits Gap | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Oneonta | 4.4 miles | 20 |
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 Q122589960 | 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 135109. 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.













