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Milstead, Alabama

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Tuskegee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36075. The Survey maps it on the Shorter quadrangle.

Milstead within Macon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

147 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Milstead between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,338 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 34 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 burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Arson/incendiarism34
Smoking18
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance4
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 2010Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2017Debris and open burning35 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20170908-1
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use5.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190930-22
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-1
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-13
29 September 2003Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Macon County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Milstead: 7 producers, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE. 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
Shorter PitsSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerPlacer
B. & W. Shorter MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Milstead PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Milstead QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Mitylene QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Shorter MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Shorter QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ward PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Macon County

Storms near this place

3 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milstead in 3 storm reports between 2005 and 2006: 2 hail, 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
March 2005Thunderstorm WindMilstead$7,000Trees and power lines were blown down on CR 36 near the Franklin community.
March 2005HailMilstead-Nickel size hail was observed by military personnel in far northwestern Macon County. The hail was thrown out of a storm located over southeastern Elmore County.
September 2006HailMilstead-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Macon 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
Goodwyn2.0 miles9
Hornady2.3 miles9
Shorter3.5 miles9
Talasse (historical)3.5 miles9
Calebee4.0 miles9
La Place4.8 miles9
Franklin5.6 miles9
Tysonville6.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156715. 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.