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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.

Mignon within Talladega County

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.

Population over time

2 figures

Mignon 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,284
20201,186-98 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

251 since 1993

Regional 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 burning108
Arson/incendiarism85
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Recreation and ceremony13
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1

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
9 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Arson/incendiarism16 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-19
30 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Natural10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-32
29 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 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

10 of 33 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kymulga ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Southwest Tallaseehatchee AreaCalcium, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, AluminumProspect1858
Unnamed ProspectCopperOccurrence
Wesson Manganese MineManganeseProspect1918
Wesson Mn Mine Big Grunt MineManganesePast ProducerResidual
Sylacauga Clay PitClayPast Producer
Sylacauga Clay ProspectClayProspect
Sylacauga Shale PitClayPast Producer
Hightower QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Old and New QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Talladega County

Storms near this place

13 since 2007

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2009FloodMignon$5,000A prolonged period of rainfall caused a portion of Alabama Avenue to become flooded, in the city of Sylacauga.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMignon$3,000Several trees were blown down in the Mill Village area of Oak Grove, Sylacauga.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindMignon$2,000Several trees were blown down on Old Sylacauga Highway and Odens Mill Road, north of Sylacauga.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindMignon$1,000A tree fell that blocked Odena Road.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMignon$500A tree was blown down at B.B. Comer High School, and had to be removed by the fire department.
March 2025Flash FloodMignon-Heavy rainfall resulted in several flooded roadways in the Sylacauga and Mignon area.
June 2023HailMignon-Nickel size hail reported at the Nemak facility in Sylacauga.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMignon-Several trees were uprooted in and around the city of Sylacauga.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindMignon-A few trees were downed across the city of Sylacauga.
March 2008Heavy RainMignon-Street flooding was reported on several streets in downtown Sylacauga, including Broadway, Main Street, Fort Williams, 10th Avenue, and 4th Avenue.
April 2012HailMignon-no account filed
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMignon-no account filed
April 2008HailMignon-no account filed

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
Walco0.7 miles23
Sylacauga0.9 miles23
Thomas Hill0.9 miles23
Five Points1.0 miles23
Sunrise2.0 miles23
The Moon2.1 miles23
Oak Grove2.1 miles23
Odena2.1 miles23

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 MignonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1274891The 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.