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Kushla, Alabama

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36613. It stands on Magee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kushla quadrangle. It stands 62 feet above sea level.

Kushla within Mobile County

On record in Kushla

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

247 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Kushla between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,961 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 113 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/incendiarism113
Debris and open burning65
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1
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
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1994Debris and open burning11 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20180829-1
29 August 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20180829-2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile 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 Kushla: 11 producers, 2 past producers, 2 prospects. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Smith PitSilicaProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerClay, Quartz
Mob 2 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Mob 5 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Brunson Number 5 QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Brunson Pit Number 6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Eight Mine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
George Knapp Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit Camp No 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
S.D. Tew Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mobile County

Storms near this place

5 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kushla in 5 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2017Thunderstorm WindKushla$4,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees on Highway 45.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindKushla$3,000Severe trees were downed by severe thunderstorm wind gusts on Highway 45, three miles south of Spice Pond Road.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindKushla$500Several trees were blown down along Highway 45 near Kushla.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindKushla-Multiple large tree limbs over two inches in diameter were downed.
July 2001HailKushla-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mobile 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
Northwood Estates2.0 miles27
Mauvilla2.0 miles27
Spanish Trace2.2 miles30
College Woods2.3 miles30
Rosehaven2.5 miles27
Indian Hills2.6 miles27
Henry Road Estates2.9 miles27
Kali-Oka Springs2.9 miles27

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 KushlaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6448068The 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 121285. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.