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Hughes Mill, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fort Payne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35968. It stands on Jacks Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chavies quadrangle.

Hughes Mill within DeKalb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

89 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Hughes Mill between 1997 and 2020, burning about 758 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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 burning36
Arson/incendiarism26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
6 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-14
4 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160904-1
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1998Smoking4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160914-11

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Hughes Mill: 5 occurrences, 5 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Fort Payne QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pearsall QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dekalb CountyIronUnknown
Fort Payne AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
Fort Payne Area-BIronPast ProducerHematite
Fort Payne MineIronPast Producer
Fort Payne MineIronPast Producer
Fort Payne ProspectsIronProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in DeKalb 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
Pine Ridge1.4 miles21
Bootsville (historical)1.6 miles21
Killian Mill2.4 miles21
Douglas3.0 miles23
Collbran3.0 miles21
Luna (historical)3.0 miles21
Pleasant Hill3.0 miles21
Lydia3.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156506. 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.