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Martins Mill, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35096. The Survey maps it on the Francis Mill quadrangle.

Martins Mill within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

156 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Martins Mill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,766 acres in total. 3 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 burning64
Arson/incendiarism37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Recreation and ceremony16
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural3
Smoking3
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
7 September 2020Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200907-2
7 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burning9.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190920-25
20 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Martins Mill: 7 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite. 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
Unnamed ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working 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
Plum Springs2.4 miles23
Refuge2.8 miles24
Lincoln3.0 miles23
Echo Hills3.1 miles23
Yatesville3.4 miles23
Dry Valley3.7 miles23
Old Eastaboga4.2 miles23
Blue Eye4.2 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 158009. 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.