Mignon, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Sylacauga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35150. It stands on Ogletree Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sylacauga West quadrangle. 1,186 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 522 feet above sea level.
On record in Mignon
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
B.B. Corner Memorial Librarylisted 2005 · 0.7 miles away
Hightower Brothers Livery Stablelisted 1997 · 0.8 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresMignon fell from 1,284 to 1,186 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,284 | |
| 2020 | 1,186 | -98 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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
- 1915 USGS Gantts Quarry quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1915 USGS Gantts Quarry quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS Gantts Quarry quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Sylacauga West quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
251 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 251 fires within 5 miles of Mignon between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,253 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 85 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 | 108 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 85 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160930-19 |
| 30 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-32 |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Mignon: 11 past producers, 8 unknowns, 5 producers, 5 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Marble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kymulga Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Southwest Tallaseehatchee Area | Calcium, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Aluminum | Prospect | 1858 | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Wesson Manganese Mine | Manganese | Prospect | 1918 | |
| Wesson Mn Mine Big Grunt Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Sylacauga Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Sylacauga Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Sylacauga Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hightower Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Old and New Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mignon in 13 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2009 | Flood | Mignon | $5,000 | A prolonged period of rainfall caused a portion of Alabama Avenue to become flooded, in the city of Sylacauga. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mignon | $3,000 | Several trees were blown down in the Mill Village area of Oak Grove, Sylacauga. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mignon | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down on Old Sylacauga Highway and Odens Mill Road, north of Sylacauga. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mignon | $1,000 | A tree fell that blocked Odena Road. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mignon | $500 | A tree was blown down at B.B. Comer High School, and had to be removed by the fire department. |
| March 2025 | Flash Flood | Mignon | - | Heavy rainfall resulted in several flooded roadways in the Sylacauga and Mignon area. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Mignon | - | Nickel size hail reported at the Nemak facility in Sylacauga. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mignon | - | Several trees were uprooted in and around the city of Sylacauga. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mignon | - | A few trees were downed across the city of Sylacauga. |
| March 2008 | Heavy Rain | Mignon | - | Street flooding was reported on several streets in downtown Sylacauga, including Broadway, Main Street, Fort Williams, 10th Avenue, and 4th Avenue. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Mignon | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mignon | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Mignon | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walco | 0.7 miles | 23 | |
| Sylacauga | 0.9 miles | 23 | |
| Thomas Hill | 0.9 miles | 23 | |
| Five Points | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Sunrise | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| The Moon | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Oak Grove | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Odena | 2.1 miles | 23 |
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 Mignon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1274891 | 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 144902. 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.









