Fontaine Village, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Phenix City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36869. The Survey maps it on the Phenix City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 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.
- 1914 USGS Seale quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Seale quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Seale quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
123 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Fontaine Village between 1992 and 2018, burning about 691 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 26 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 | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20150905-001 |
| 29 September 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 2406 SANDFORT RD., AL |
| 22 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MUSCOGEE-001 |
| 11 September 2002 | Smoking | 34 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-MUSCOGEE-001 |
| 1 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20140901-002 |
| 1 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Fontaine Village: 14 producers, 1 past producer. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chattahoochee River Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE | Producer | Ilmenite, Kyanite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon | |
| Dixieland Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE | Producer | Ilmenite, Kyanite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon | |
| Dixieland Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE | Producer | Placer | |
| Bussey Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Cilla Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| No. 1 Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| No. 4 Mines | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Woolfolk Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Brown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dixieland Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett Heights | 0.4 miles | 26 | |
| Kaolin | 0.8 miles | 22 | |
| Rolling Hills | 1.3 miles | 22 | |
| Girard | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Brickyard | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Phenix City | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Greenbrier | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Flournoys | 4.4 miles | 20 |
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 Q122543575 | 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 138710. 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.








