Kymulga, Alabama
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Sycamore-Winterboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35044. The Survey maps it on the Childersburg quadrangle.
On record in Kymulga
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Kymulga Mill And Covered Bridgelisted 1976 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Childersburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Childersburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
5 photographs, 1941Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
356 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 356 fires within 5 miles of Kymulga between 1994 and 2020, burning about 6,434 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 146 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 113 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190908-1 |
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 85 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190930-10 |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160930-8 |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-15 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Kymulga: 14 unknowns, 5 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Talc-Soapstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Deposit | Talc-Soapstone | Unknown | ||
| W W Holmes Prospect B | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Cook Beds | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Levi Sherrill Property | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| No Name Riser Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Riser Mountain Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Singleton Deposits | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kymulga in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2011 | Flood | Kymulga | $25,000 | What began as flash flooding, resulted in long term flooding across a part of Talladega County during the morning of May 9th. Several Roads were closed in the southern part of the County, with the hardest hit areas being Childersburg and Alpine. In addition to flowing water covering roadways, several mobile homes and wood frame homes had 3 to 5 feet of flowing water as well. Two roads were closed the following day. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kymulga | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down on AL-76, between Childersburg and Winterboro. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kymulga | $500 | A large tree was blown down onto Grist Mill Road. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kymulga | - | Numerous trees were downed from a microburst on Ruby Lane, including one tree on a house. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kymulga | - | Numerous trees and power lines were downed in the Talladega, Winterboro, and Alpine areas. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Kymulga | - | Large hail covering the ground along Highway 76 east of Childersburg. |
| January 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Kymulga | - | An EF-0 tornado touched down just west of the intersection of Alabama Highway 76 and County Road 175, causing minor roof damage to a house and storage building. The tornado moved to the northeast along Alabama Highway 76. The most concentrated damage, with winds estimated between 70 and 80 mph, was at the intersection of Alabama Highway 76 and Booker Road, where a dozen large pine trees were uprooted. Sporadic tree damage continued along the path until the tornado lifted along Alabama Highway 76, just east of Risersmill Rd. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coosa Pines | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Forest Hills | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Belle Vista | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Alpine | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Laniers | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Indian Hill | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Reubenville | 4.1 miles | 22 | |
| Risers | 4.1 miles | 22 |
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 Q122595585 | The 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 151969. 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.







