Catoma, 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. The Survey maps it on the Cantelous quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 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
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
40 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Catoma between 1995 and 2016, burning about 349 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
| 9 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | HILL TOP LANE, AL |
| 3 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2007 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Catoma: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brewer Heights Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| Dixie Sand & Gravel Co., Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Russell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Russell Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Quartz |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cantelous | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Stones | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Dannley Pines | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Sinai | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Brewer Estates | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Fairview | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Twin Gates Estates | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Antioch | 2.8 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122551292 | 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 147753. 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.








