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Millville, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hartford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36344. The Survey maps it on the Hartford quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Millville within Geneva County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

84 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Millville (historical) between 1993 and 2019, burning about 688 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
9 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2006Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190912-7
12 September 2005Debris and open burning23 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Geneva County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Millville (historical): 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Geneva 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
Black2.2 miles11
Highnote2.5 miles14
Vanlandingham Mill2.6 miles12
Kellys Crossroads3.5 miles12
Thurston3.8 miles12
Warwick (historical)4.4 miles11
Hartford5.1 miles11
Oak Grove5.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 167355. 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.