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Kelly, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Newton-Midland City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36322. It stands on Brooking Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Daleville quadrangle. It stands 164 feet above sea level.

Kelly within Dale 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

43 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Kelly between 1995 and 2020, burning about 223 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
24 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-5
18 September 1997Smoking1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20140901-001
27 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20150827-001
19 August 2007Natural3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2000Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2000Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2000Railroad operations and maintenance4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dale 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 Kelly: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Spiegner Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySilicaProducerQuartz
Dal 3 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Rosser Brick Co. PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dale 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
Five Points2.2 miles13
Newton2.8 miles14
Daleville3.2 miles13
Waterford3.5 miles14
Bowden Terrace3.7 miles13
Plainview3.7 miles14
Munson Heights4.1 miles13
Allen Heights4.1 miles13

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.

Wikipedia article on KellyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22058489The 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 156547. 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.