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Miller, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Boligee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35443. The Survey maps it on the Epes East quadrangle.

Miller within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

42 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Miller between 1994 and 2020, burning about 185 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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/incendiarism12
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use15 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20130916-001
16 September 1997Debris and open burning12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190808-2
31 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200731-2
31 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20150731-002
27 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene 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 Miller: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium. 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
Epes Lime PitCalciumProducer
Bell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Swilleys Bend PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thetford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this place

1 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Miller in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
February 2016Thunderstorm WindMiller-Approximately 20 to 30 trees uprooted by high winds.

Every storm recorded in Greene 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
Fowler1.4 miles13
Boligee4.0 miles9
Hycutt4.4 miles13
Five Points4.6 miles13
Braggville4.8 miles13
Lizzieville5.8 miles9
Tishabee6.7 miles13
Crawford Fork7.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156712. 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.