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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.

Kymulga within Talladega County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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.

Photographs

5 photographs, 1941

Taken 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.

Mrs. Dutch Gross, who with her husband has opened a lunch room at Kymulga near an entrance to the new powder plant. Near Childersburg, Alabama
Mrs. Dutch Gross, who with her husband has opened a lunch room at Kymulga near an entrance to the new powder plant. Near Childersburg, Alabama
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Dutch Gross, ex world war veteran, trapeze artist, airplane stunt man, friend of "Spike" Conner, the famous blood donner, and the only man to fall out of an airplane at 2000 feet and live (he fell on high tension wire)  Better known as "the Flying Dutchman," he has made a profession of operating businesses in one defense "boom" area after another. Now runs a small lunch room and grocery store at Kymulga, near Childersburg, Alabama
Dutch Gross, ex world war veteran, trapeze artist, airplane stunt man, friend of "Spike" Conner, the famous blood donner, and the only man to fall out of an airplane at 2000 feet and live (he fell on high tension wire) Better known as "the Flying Dutchman," he has made a profession of operating businesses in one defense "boom" area after another. Now runs a small lunch room and grocery store at Kymulga, near Childersburg, Alabama
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Kymulga trailer park built to accomodate workers as a result of the expected increase of employment at the nearby powder plant. Near Childersburg, Alabama
Kymulga trailer park built to accomodate workers as a result of the expected increase of employment at the nearby powder plant. Near Childersburg, Alabama
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
This movie tent opened with great expectations but closed down three days later for lack of attendance. At Kymulga, near Childersburg, Alabama. Kymulga is the closest village to the powder plant
This movie tent opened with great expectations but closed down three days later for lack of attendance. At Kymulga, near Childersburg, Alabama. Kymulga is the closest village to the powder plant
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
A new lunch room just opened at Kymulga, near one of the entrances to the powder plant. Near Childersburg, Alabama
A new lunch room just opened at Kymulga, near one of the entrances to the powder plant. Near Childersburg, Alabama
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

356 since 1994

Regional 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 burning146
Arson/incendiarism113
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Recreation and ceremony27
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190908-1
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined85 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190930-10
30 September 2016Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-8
30 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-15

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Northern DepositTalc-SoapstoneUnknown
W W Holmes Prospect BTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Cook BedsIronPast ProducerResidual
Levi Sherrill PropertyIronPast ProducerResidual
No Name Riser MinesIronPast ProducerResidual
Riser Mountain ProspectIronOccurrence
Singleton DepositsIronPast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Talladega County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2011FloodKymulga$25,000What 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 2008Thunderstorm WindKymulga$1,000Several trees were blown down on AL-76, between Childersburg and Winterboro.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindKymulga$500A large tree was blown down onto Grist Mill Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindKymulga-Numerous trees were downed from a microburst on Ruby Lane, including one tree on a house.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindKymulga-Numerous trees and power lines were downed in the Talladega, Winterboro, and Alpine areas.
March 2019HailKymulga-Large hail covering the ground along Highway 76 east of Childersburg.
January 2012Tornado (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.

Every storm recorded in Talladega 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
Coosa Pines3.2 miles19
Forest Hills3.3 miles19
Belle Vista3.3 miles21
Alpine3.4 miles22
Laniers3.6 miles21
Indian Hill3.8 miles19
Reubenville4.1 miles22
Risers4.1 miles22

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 Q122595585The 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.