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Mynot, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cherokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35616. It stands on Henderson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bishop quadrangle.

Mynot within Colbert County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Mynot between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,536 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 28 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/incendiarism28
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
22 September 2004Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNatchez Trace ParkwayALLSBORO
17 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined43 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160912-3
26 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2000Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2000Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colbert County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Mynot: 3 prospects, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Water, Free. 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
Allsboro Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
MargerumAluminum, Water, FreeUnknownSurface
A ProspectAluminumProspect
B ProspectAluminumProspect
C ProspectAluminumProspect

Every working recorded in Colbert County

Storms near this place

13 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mynot in 13 storm reports between 2004 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMynot$3,000A tree and powerlines were down on Sally Burns Road. Time estimated by radar.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindMynot$2,000Three trees and powerlines were knocked down on Mynot Road.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMynot$2,000Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down in Mynot.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMynot$1,000A tree was reported down at 2540 White Pike Road.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMynot$1,000A tree was knocked down on Coon Dog Cemetery road at White Pike. Time was estimated from radar.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindMynot$500A tree and powerlines were knocked down at the 3800 block of Maud Road.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindMynot$200A tree was knocked down on White Pike.
February 2026HailMynot-Golf ball sized hail was estimated by a photo.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindMynot-Several trees were knocked down on Maude Road.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindMynot-Several trees were knocked down on Mount Hester Road.
April 2011HailMynot-Nickel sized hail was reported.
May 2008Heavy RainMynot-Rainfall total beginning Monday night through 927 PM on Tuesday night was measured to be 6.09 inches east of Allsboro.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMynot-A few trees blown down due to thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Colbert 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
Maud3.1 miles13
Good Springs (historical)3.5 miles13
Burnstown3.6 miles13
Bishop3.6 miles13
Hub (historical)4.3 miles19
Allsboro4.6 miles13
Malone6.0 miles13
Mount Hester6.1 miles13

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 Q122548339The 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 156763. 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.