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Taylors Mill, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2001. It lies in ZIP code area 35160. The Survey maps it on the Porter Gap quadrangle.

Taylors Mill within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

155 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Taylors Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,860 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 74 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/incendiarism74
Debris and open burning34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony14
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 1995Arson/incendiarism30 acresNational Forests in AlabamaFLAT WOODS
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresNational Forests in AlabamaSTUMP HOLE (612)
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarism52 acresNational Forests in AlabamaGEORGIA ASTER
30 September 2016Debris and open burning74 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-16
30 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNational Forests in AlabamaTL 615
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNational Forests in Alabama612
22 September 2018Recreation and ceremony50 acresNational Forests in AlabamaBOULDER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Taylors Mill: 5 unknowns, 5 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Copper, Copper, Sulfur. 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
Harall Gold MineGold, Silver, IronPast Producer1846
Harall MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Hatchet Creek CopperCopper, Molybdenum, BismuthProducerChalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Hatchet Creek Prospect Main DepositSulfur, Iron, CopperOccurrence1962
Watts ProspectManganeseOccurrence1944
Garrett ProspectCopper, SulfurProspect
Mcghee ProspectCopper, SulfurOccurrence1850
Alamag Copper Prospects No 3CopperOccurrence
Alamag Copper Prospects No 4CopperOccurrence
Unnamed, Near Hatchet CreekCopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
Coleta2.4 miles22
Smelley5.0 miles22
Abihka (historical)5.1 miles22
Rendalia5.7 miles22
Ledbetters6.1 miles22
Chandler Springs6.4 miles15
Sycamore6.6 miles22
Emauhee6.6 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 162557. 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.