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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.

Catoma 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.

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.

Harris-Smith House, Church & Catoma Streets, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL
Harris-Smith House, Church & Catoma Streets, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

40 since 1995

Regional 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural2

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
18 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2008Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionHILL TOP LANE, AL
3 August 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2007Natural6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2001Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brewer Heights PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Dixie Sand & Gravel Co., Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Russell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Russell QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerQuartz

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Cantelous1.4 miles18
Stones1.8 miles18
Dannley Pines1.9 miles18
Mount Sinai2.3 miles18
Brewer Estates2.3 miles18
Fairview2.6 miles18
Twin Gates Estates2.7 miles18
Antioch2.8 miles18

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 Q122551292The 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.