Brentwood, Alabama

21 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 36111. The Survey maps it on the Montgomery South quadrangle.

Brentwood within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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
1958 USGS Montgomery South quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1975 USGS Montgomery South quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

24 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Brentwood between 1995 and 2016, burning about 170 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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	13
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Smoking	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
1 September 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	188 MONROE STREET, AL
4 August 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	OLD POND RD, AL
24 August 1995	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
18 August 2000	Debris and open burning	34 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
17 August 1995	Debris and open burning	3.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
26 June 2011	Power generation/transmission/distribution	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	BRENTWOOD, AL
23 May 2011	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	BOXWOOD DRIVE , AL
24 March 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	HWY 80 / 29 N, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery 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 Brentwood: 7 producers, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Excelsior Mine	Clay	Producer
Jenkins Brick Co., Inc. Pit	Clay	Producer
Cossada Ferry Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Deep South Construction Co. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dozier Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Mcgee Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Shine Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Ware Ferry Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

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
Gladlane Estates	0.4 miles	21
Vaughan Meadows	0.4 miles	21
Clubview Estates	0.6 miles	21
Ridgefield	0.7 miles	21
Green Acres	0.8 miles	13
Steiner	0.9 miles	21
Gay Meadows	0.9 miles	21
Executive Park	0.9 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 147722. 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.