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Sunset Mill Village, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Selma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36701. It stands on Jones Creek. The Survey maps it on the Selma quadrangle.

Sunset Mill Village within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

160 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Sunset Mill Village between 1994 and 2020, burning about 640 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 burning80
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use21
Recreation and ceremony12
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190908-2
6 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2008Debris and open burning4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission5027 CO.ROAD 77, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Sunset Mill Village: 8 producers, 1 past producer. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Decatur QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Henry PitClayProducer
Alabama River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cosby No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cosby Number 2 QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Dallas County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dallas Sand and Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plantersville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Selma Plant #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dallas 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
Selma1.6 miles15
West Selmont2.0 miles15
Selmont2.4 miles15
Potter3.5 miles15
Brantley5.8 miles12
Beloit6.2 miles13
Cahaba6.6 miles13
Manila7.5 miles12

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 Q122551704The 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 144693. 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.