Altamont, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Tuscaloosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35404. The Survey maps it on the Cottondale quadrangle.

Altamont within Tuscaloosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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.

1899 USGS Brookwood quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1931 USGS Cottondale quadrangle1:48000
1934 USGS Cottondale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Cottondale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

75 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Altamont between 1994 and 2018, burning about 465 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 21 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	21
Arson/incendiarism	21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Railroad operations and maintenance	10
Recreation and ceremony	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Smoking	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Other causes	1
Natural	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
5 September 1995	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2010	Smoking	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 1995	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
9 August 2007	Railroad operations and maintenance	4.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	120 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	CR 29, AL
21 August 1996	Recreation and ceremony	8.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
13 August 2004	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Altamont: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
American Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Plant Operation	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz

Every working recorded in Tuscaloosa 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Juanita Drive	0.1 miles	17
Asbury	0.2 miles	19
Lavelle Woods	0.2 miles	19
Oak Grove	0.3 miles	19
Standridge	0.4 miles	19
Windsor Drive	0.4 miles	19
Durrett Grove	0.5 miles	17
Brentwood	0.5 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 147808. 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.