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Mount Gillis, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Atmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36502. The Survey maps it on the Freemanville quadrangle.

Mount Gillis within Escambia 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

173 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Mount Gillis between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,797 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 26 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 burning69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Arson/incendiarism26
Equipment and vehicle use14
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural5
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
30 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Mount Gillis: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Freeman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gilmore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcullough PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Smith & Kelly Supply Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
South Alabama Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Thomas & Cleveland Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
United Materials Corp. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Escambia 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
Freemanville1.2 miles11
Poarch2.0 miles11
Martinville2.2 miles9
Pleasant Hill2.4 miles9
Ewing Farms3.5 miles11
Atmore4.7 miles9
Robinsonville4.8 miles9
Jack Springs5.2 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122560764The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 133835. 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.