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Johnsons Mill, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Arab census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35016. The Survey maps it on the Arab quadrangle.

Johnsons Mill within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 24 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

62 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Johnsons Mill between 1995 and 2018, burning about 474 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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 burning27
Arson/incendiarism18
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use4
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
4 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180902-2
19 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Debris and open burning50 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Johnsons Mill: 1 prospect, 1 unknown, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Glover Manganese ProspectManganeseProspect1942
Kennmer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Marshall County-Browns ValleyIronUnknown
Unnamed QuarrySilicaProducer

Every working recorded in Marshall 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
Askea Grove0.5 miles24
Red Hill2.3 miles24
Diamond3.1 miles24
Arab3.4 miles24
Pine Acres3.8 miles24
Sherwood Forest4.2 miles24
Sunset Acres4.2 miles20
Sidney4.5 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 120966. 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.