Sawmill Town, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Montevallo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35115. The Survey maps it on the Pea Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1890 USGS Bessemer quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Bessemer quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1910 USGS Montevallo quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Montevallo NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Pea Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
264 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 264 fires within 5 miles of Sawmill Town between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,091 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 138 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 | 138 |
| Debris and open burning | 72 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 24 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sawmill Town: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamag Copper Prospects No 2 | Copper | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anita | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Gurnee | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Gurnee Junction | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Boothton | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Glen Carbon | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Aden | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Pea Ridge | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Superior | 2.9 miles | 18 |
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 Q122597618 | 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 146559. 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.








