Posey Mill, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Phil Campbell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35565. It stands on Cat Den Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kinlock Spring quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1936 USGS Kinlock Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Kinlock Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Kinlock Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Kinlock Spring quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
55 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Posey Mill between 1995 and 2019, burning about 859 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 24 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/incendiarism | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 65 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160912-4 |
| 30 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | National Forests in Alabama | MACEDONIA |
| 18 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Posey Mill in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Posey Mill | - | Trees were knocked down along Highway 243. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Posey Mill | - | Penny sized hail was reported. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Posey Mill | - | Damaging straight-line winds knocked down multiple trees along County Road 93. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Carroll Crossroads | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Union | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Trapptown | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Grove | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Phil Campbell | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Churntown | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Shady Grove | 7.9 miles | 14 |
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 Q122568801 | The 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 160437. 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.
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.








