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Milner, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Folsom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36278. The Survey maps it on the Micaville quadrangle.

Milner within Randolph 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

126 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Milner between 1994 and 2019, burning about 703 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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 burning65
Arson/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony16
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
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
4 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-30
14 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1994Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190913-12
13 September 1998Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190821-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Milner: 21 past producers, 16 prospects, 5 occurrences, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, Sulfides, 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
H.S. Bradley ProspectGold, SulfidesOccurrenceGold, Pyrite
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
H S Bradley ProspectGoldOccurrence
Pine Tuckey Gold MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Pinetucky MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Pinetucky MineGoldPast Producer
Arthemus Morrison MineMicaPast Producer
Chas Boyd MineMicaPast Producer
Crens MineMicaPast Producer
Douglas Smith MineMicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Randolph 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
Foster Crossroad1.5 miles13
Swagg1.9 miles12
Cavers Grove3.0 miles12
Morrison Crossroad3.2 miles12
Union3.2 miles12
Wildwood3.4 miles13
Folsom3.6 miles13
Rockdale3.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156714. 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.