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Mill Village, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Guntersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35976. It lies near Davidson Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Guntersville quadrangle.

Mill Village within Marshall County

On record in Mill Village

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

13 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

76 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Mill Village between 1994 and 2019, burning about 755 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 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 burning25
Arson/incendiarism16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony10
Smoking4
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2006Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2006Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Debris and open burning50 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2006Arson/incendiarism35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mill Village: 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Kennmer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Langford Mine and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mal 1b Clay ProspectClayProspect
Unnamed QuarrySilicaProducer

Every working recorded in Marshall 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
Lakeview0.7 miles22
Southtown0.9 miles22
Country Club Estates1.3 miles22
Guntersville Shores1.3 miles22
Sunrise Shores1.4 miles22
Crossroads1.4 miles22
Lindsay Lane1.7 miles22
Guntersville1.7 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 122813. 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.