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Jordans Mill, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Red Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35593. It stands on Johnson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Halltown quadrangle.

Jordans Mill within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

55 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Jordans Mill between 1997 and 2015, burning about 1,470 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 38 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
Arson/incendiarism38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning7
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2000Natural30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2008Arson/incendiarism19 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCOUNTY ROAD 37, AL
2 August 2006Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Jordans Mill: 8 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Piney Bend0.8 miles12
Burntout1.2 miles11
Halltown3.1 miles11
Dempsey3.3 miles12
Seven Pines3.6 miles11
Old Burleson3.9 miles11
Old Nauvoo4.1 miles12
Guinn Cross Roads4.5 miles12

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 Q122544057The 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 156540. 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.