Alpine, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Sycamore-Winterboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35014. It stands on Hudson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Winterboro quadrangle. It stands 469 feet above sea level.
On record in Alpine
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 4 records
- Alpine, County Road 46, Alpinefederal building survey, 14 photographs
- Jenkins-Carlton-Autry House, County Road 52, Alpinefederal building survey, 9 photographs
- Lawler House, County Road 11, Talladegafederal building survey, 16 photographs
- Morriss-Holmes House, State Route 76, Winterborofederal building survey, 5 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Talladega SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Winterboro quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Winterboro quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
450 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 450 fires within 5 miles of Alpine between 1994 and 2020, burning about 7,526 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 141 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 | 189 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 141 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 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 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190905-14 |
| 5 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 85 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190930-10 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Alpine: 10 unknowns, 9 past producers, 6 occurrences, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Talc-Soapstone, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talladega Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Alpine Mill | Talc-Soapstone | Plant | ||
| Northern Deposit | Talc-Soapstone | Unknown | ||
| Robinson Prospect | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Southern Deposit of Winterboro Mine | Talc-Soapstone | Unknown | ||
| W W Holmes Prospect A | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| W W Holmes Prospect B | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Alpine Mountain Prospect | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Carlton Limonite Bank | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Cook Beds | Iron | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alpine in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alpine | - | Several trees uprooted in the town of Alpine. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Alpine | - | Dime size hail was reported in Alpine. |
| March 1998 | Hail | Alpine | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nottingham | 1.3 miles | 22 | |
| Reynolds Mill | 1.3 miles | 22 | |
| Kingston | 1.3 miles | 22 | |
| Reubenville | 1.4 miles | 22 | |
| Plantersville | 1.5 miles | 22 | |
| Ledbetter | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Winterboro | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Kymulga | 3.4 miles | 19 |
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 Alpine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4735463 | The 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 113045. 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.
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.










