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Alpine, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Valley Head-Mentone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35984. It stands on Sharp Branch. The Survey maps it on the Valley Head quadrangle. It stands 1,476 feet above sea level.

Alpine within DeKalb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

192 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Alpine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,854 acres in total. None started naturally. 108 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/incendiarism108
Debris and open burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
28 September 1998Arson/incendiarism30 acresLittle River Canyon National PreserveDUNNROAD
24 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-11
21 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160921-2
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined391 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-35
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLittle River Canyon National PreserveNORTH05
18 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Alpine: 4 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, 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
Dek 5 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Unnamed ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Allen ProspectIronOccurrence
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Valley Head AreaIronPast ProducerHematite

Every working recorded in DeKalb 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
Lake Howard0.1 miles22
Cordell (historical)1.7 miles22
Lakewood3.2 miles22
Fisher Crossroads3.3 miles23
Riverdale4.1 miles22
Valley Head4.4 miles22
Bankhead4.9 miles22
Pumpkin Center5.0 miles23

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.

Wikipedia article on AlpineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4735454The 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 150483. 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.