Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
“The McCosh Grist Mill is a historic grist mill near Rock Mills in Randolph County, Alabama. The mill was built in the early 1870s, and is the oldest extant stone grist mill in Alabama.”
Wikipedia article McCosh Grist Mill, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 3 National Register listings published here for Randolph County · listed in 1976 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of McCosh Grist Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 780 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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 burning | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190927-20 |
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-26 |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200809-4 |
| 9 August 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rock Mills, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2013: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rock Mills | $10,000 | The upper portion of a house was damaged, and an outbuilding was destroyed, on CR 16 between Roanoke and Rock Mills. |
| August 2000 | Lightning | Rock Mills | $5,000 | no account filed |
| December 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rock Mills | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down in the southeastern part of Randolph County. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rock Mills | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rock Mills | - | A large tree was uprooted at Highway 22 and County Road 30. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rock Mills | - | Trees and power lines were blown down in the Rock Mills area, including along County Road 75. |
| August 1995 | Hail | Rock Mills | - | Hail ranging in size from marble to dimes was reported through the Sheriff's Department at Rock Mills. |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 76000353 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Randolph County | All 3 listed properties in this county. |
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