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Kymulga Mill And Covered Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

From the record

“Kymulga Mill & Covered Bridge are two locally owned historic landmarks located at Kymulga Park in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. The park is on Grist Mill Road off State Route 76 about 4 miles northeast of the city of Childersburg.”
Wikipedia article Kymulga Mill & Covered Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 27 National Register listings published here for Talladega County · listed in 1976 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 structuress, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 4.5 mi. NE of Childersburg on SR 46, Childersburg, 35044
When was it listed? October 1976
Category. district
Census division. Childersburg
National Register reference number. 76000356 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

356 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 356 fires within 5 miles of Kymulga Mill And Covered Bridge between 1994 and 2020, burning about 6,425 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 114 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	146
Arson/incendiarism	114
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	50
Recreation and ceremony	27
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Natural	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Smoking	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
8 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190908-1
7 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2002	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	85 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190930-10
30 September 2016	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160930-8
30 September 2007	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2016	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160928-15

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Kymulga Mill And Covered Bridge: 13 unknowns, 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Cook Beds	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
Levi Sherrill Property	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
No Name Riser Mines	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
Riser Mountain Prospect	Iron	Occurrence
Singleton Deposits	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown

Every working recorded in Talladega County

Storms near this property

40 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Childersburg, the town this property stands in, in 40 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 tornado. 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
March 2010	Flood	Childersburg	$500,000	What began as flash flooding transitioned into widespread long term flooding across a large portion of Talladega County during the late morning of the 10th. Dozens of roads were closed across the county due to high water, and several small bridges became washed out. The initial problem area on the morning of the 10th was the city of Sylacauga, but as the heavy rainfall shifted northward in the afternoon, the cities of Talladega and eventually Munford also experienced flooding issues. Other communities with reports of flooding included Childersburg, Winterboro, and Renfroe.
November 2004	Tornado (F1)	Childersburg	$80,000	no account filed
March 2002	Hail	Childersburg	$75,000	no account filed
April 2006	Tornado (F0)	Childersburg	$30,000	The tornado touched down near Edgewater Drive and the Coosa River, just east of the Morgan Bridge on US 231/280. It then tracked southeastward through the Pinewood Terrace Community and dissipated near 4th Avenue NE. Many trees were either snapped off or uprooted along the path. A few of the fallen trees landed on homes and automobiles. The most damage occurred in the Lakeside and Bates Subdivisions near State Highway 235.
May 2003	Tornado (F1)	Childersburg	$20,000	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Childersburg	$18,000	Golf ball size hail fell in Childersburg.
March 2011	Flash Flood	Childersburg	$10,000	A resident reported water in their home on 8th Avenue SW.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Childersburg	$5,000	Several trees were blown down near 9th and 10th Avenues, in the city of Childersburg.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Childersburg	$5,000	Several trees and power lines were blown down. A tin roof and several two-by-fours were damaged at an old grocery store building.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Childersburg	$5,000	Power lines were blown down, and shingles were blown off a house.
December 2005	Hail	Childersburg	$4,000	Penny to golf ball size hail fell just south of the Alpine community on SR 76.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Childersburg	$4,000	no account filed
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Childersburg	$2,000	A few trees were blown down near Childersburg.
April 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Childersburg	$1,000	Trees and power lines were blown down in Childersburg.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Childersburg	$1,000	Trees down.
April 2005	Hail	Childersburg	$1,000	Quarter size hail fell in Childersburg.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Childersburg	$500	Trees and power lines were downed on Canal St in Childersburg.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Childersburg	$500	Large trees were blown down in Childersburg.
May 2025	Hail	Childersburg	-	Photos of up to half dollar-size hail from social media.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Childersburg	-	A few trees were downed in Childersburg, with some falling on power lines and blocking roadways.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Childersburg	-	A few trees were blown down in the Childersburg area.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Childersburg	-	Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in Childersburg.
June 2023	Hail	Childersburg	-	Quarter size hail reported north of Childersburg.
March 2022	Flash Flood	Childersburg	-	Numerous roads flooded and impassable across the southern portions of Talladega County. Water recues performed in some homes and vehicles in the cities of Sylacauga and Fayetteville. 3.56 inches reported at the Sylacauga AWOS (KSCD) in a three hour period.
January 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Childersburg	-	Several trees uprooted and power lines downed on Highway 76 in Childersburg.
March 2019	Hail	Childersburg	-	Large hail covering the ground in the city of Childersburg.
January 2013	Flash Flood	Childersburg	-	Sadie Lee Lane and Cooper St were impassable due to high water.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Childersburg	-	A tree was reported down blocking Fairmont Road, as well as Cheaha Trail, in Childersburg.
November 2009	Flood	Childersburg	-	Heavy rainfall associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida caused a portion of Childersburg-Fayetteville Highway to become flooded and temporarily closed.
March 2008	Heavy Rain	Childersburg	-	Street flooding was reported at several locations in Childersburg, including Sadie Lee Drive and Wilson Avenue, Ferry Road, Desoto Court, and Fairmont Lane.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Childersburg	-	Winds up to 60 mph at Logan Martin Dam. No damage or injuries were reported.
March 2005	Hail	Childersburg	-	Quarter size hail fell along the Coosa River in far western Talladega County.
April 2002	Hail	Childersburg	-	Dime size hail was observed in Oak Grove.
April 2001	Funnel Cloud	Childersburg	-	Talladega County Emergency Management Agency reported a funnel cloud near Childersburg. Additional similar reports were received from southern Talladega County.
March 2000	Hail	Childersburg	-	Dime size hail fell in Childersburg.
August 1999	Hail	Childersburg	-	Penny size hail was reported in Childersburg. Several large tree limbs were also broken off during the storm.
June 2007	Hail	Childersburg	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Childersburg	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Childersburg	-	no account filed
January 1996	Flash Flood	Childersburg	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Talladega County

Map coverage status

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.

Listed places nearby

3 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Charles Butler House	5.1 miles	1996
Winterboro Stagecoach Inn	6.0 miles	2005
Lawler-Whiting House	7.7 miles	1986

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 76000356 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Talladega County	All 27 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.