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Yelling Settlement, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Daphne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36526. It stands on Turkey Branch. The Survey maps it on the Silverhill quadrangle. It stands 144 feet above sea level.

Yelling Settlement within Baldwin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

119 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Yelling Settlement between 1994 and 2020, burning about 834 acres in total. 4 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
Debris and open burning39
Arson/incendiarism24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Recreation and ceremony13
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
30 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2006Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission26680 POLLARD ROAD, AL
24 August 1994Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2018Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20180815-2
11 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2016Natural10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160708-4
4 July 1996Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Yelling Settlement: 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Palmer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerClay, Quartz
Y P S Kaolin ProspectKaolinProspect

Every working recorded in Baldwin 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
Belforest1.5 miles18
Ellisville2.3 miles18
Malbis2.5 miles18
Daphne3.8 miles21
Jackson Oak4.0 miles21
Park City4.3 miles24
Loxley4.4 miles18
Bridgehead5.1 miles24

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 Q21196679The 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 157286. 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.