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Mays Gulf, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Henagar census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35978. It lies near Pea Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Dugout Valley quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mays Gulf within DeKalb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

203 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Mays Gulf (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,714 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 83 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/incendiarism83
Debris and open burning60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
Natural1

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
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160925-17
24 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20120924-001
24 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20180921-3
20 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD 759, VALLEY HEAD ALABAMA, AL
19 September 2019Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-16

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb 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 Mays Gulf (historical): 5 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Water, Free. 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
Consolidated #2Aluminum, Water, FreePast ProducerSurface
Clyde Hulgen Iron PropertyIronOccurrence
Jesse Manning ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Valley Head AreaIronPast ProducerHematite

Every working recorded in DeKalb 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
New Home1.1 miles22
Council Bluff1.2 miles22
Snake Creek (historical)2.6 miles22
Stamp2.7 miles22
Pea Ridge Crossroads3.0 miles21
Hammondville3.2 miles22
Townsend Crossroads3.2 miles21
High Point3.5 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 150721. 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.