Antioch, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36108. It lies near Gunter Hill. The Survey maps it on the Cantelous quadrangle.

Antioch within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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.

1927 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:48000
1930 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1975 USGS Montgomery SW quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Cantelous quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

34 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Antioch between 1995 and 2019, burning about 572 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Arson/incendiarism	3
Natural	2
Smoking	1
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
18 September 2010	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 1995	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 1995	Railroad operations and maintenance	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 July 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 July 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
16 June 2011	Natural	4.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	HWY 21, AL
16 June 1995	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Antioch: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 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
Brewer Heights Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Dixie Sand & Gravel Co., Inc. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Lowndes Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Lowndes Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Russell Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Russell Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Quartz

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
Fairview	1.2 miles	18
Cedar Point	1.4 miles	18
Selbrook	1.6 miles	18
Cantelous	1.8 miles	18
Stones	2.0 miles	18
Country Estates	2.1 miles	18
Catoma	2.8 miles	18
Grovewood	3.2 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 147687. 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.