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Kaylor, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Woodland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36263. It stands on Knight Branch. The Survey maps it on the Graham quadrangle.

Kaylor within Randolph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Kaylor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 903 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 37 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 burning39
Arson/incendiarism37
Recreation and ceremony14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2018Debris and open burning3.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019CARROLL003
16 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2007Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2008Arson/incendiarism16 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO.RD. 439, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kaylor: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Gold Ridge MineGoldPast Producer1908
Gold Ridge MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Gold Ridge MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Randolph 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
Graham1.7 miles13
Butlers Mill2.0 miles12
Gold Ridge2.3 miles12
Hawk2.8 miles13
Lofty2.8 miles12
Pine Hill3.3 miles12
Providence5.2 miles13
Newell5.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 140227. 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.