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Altamont Park, Alabama

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35213. The Survey maps it on the Birmingham North quadrangle.

Altamont Park within Jefferson County

On record in Altamont Park

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 7 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

32 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Altamont Park between 1993 and 2020, burning about 752 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
29 September 2016Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-6
25 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission2386 CR 65, AL
22 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 6 & CR 81, AL
19 July 2000Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 July 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use350 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 45 ( N OF 27), AL
15 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200615-3
30 May 2011Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNORMAN DRIVE, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Altamont Park: 9 past producers, 4 unknowns, 3 plants. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Vermiculite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Birmingham PlantVermiculitePast Producer
Citadel Cement OperationStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Green Spring MineIronPast Producer
Hammond MineIronPast Producer
Hammond, Dago, Hendona, and Valleyview MinesIronPast ProducerHematite
Helen Bess MineIronPast Producer
Irondale MineIronPast Producer
Kewanaw MineIronPast Producer
Republic Steel/ Birmingham, Ala.IronPlant
So. Electric Steel/Birmingham, Ala.IronPlant

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Forest Park0.4 miles30
Redmont Park0.7 miles30
Crestline Heights0.7 miles30
Mountain Brook0.9 miles30
Avondale1.1 miles30
Euclid Estates1.1 miles30
Highland Residence Park1.1 miles30
Bentley Hills1.2 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 113051. 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.