Gage, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Millerville-Hollins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35072. It lies near McGehee Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Bulls Gap quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1890 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1944 USGS Goodwater quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Goodwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Goodwater NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Bulls Gap quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Bulls Gap quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
131 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Gage between 1993 and 2018, burning about 3,411 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 47 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 74 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160930-16 |
| 30 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | MINES ROAD, AL |
| 24 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 acres | National Forests in Alabama | BOULDER |
| 2 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180902-1 |
| 18 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180918-4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 46 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Gage: 24 past producers, 12 occurrences, 5 prospects, 4 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Graphite, Copper, Mica, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A S Bell Pyrite Deposit | Sulfur | Occurrence | ||
| Harall Gold Mine | Gold, Silver, Iron | Past Producer | 1846 | |
| Harall Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Hatchet Creek Copper | Copper, Molybdenum, Bismuth | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite | |
| Hatchet Creek Prospect - West Millerville | Iron, Copper, Sulfur | Occurrence | 1963 | |
| Hatchet Creek Prospect Main Deposit | Sulfur, Iron, Copper | Occurrence | 1962 | |
| Simmons Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| South Queneldo Area | Graphite, Mica, Vanadium | Past Producer | BEDDED | |
| Stringfellow Prospect | Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper | Occurrence | 1854 | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Uranium, Graphite | Occurrence | 1974 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gage in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Gage | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southwest Clay County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 85 mph. The tornado touched down along the eastern slopes of Horne Mountain in the Talladega National Forest. Most of the timber damage was uprooted softwood trees in the National Forest along forest roads , but there were also some uprooted along Horns Valley Road and County Roads 7 and 18, with one tree falling on a barn. A few more softwood trees were uprooted along Highway 77 near Antioch Road, before the tornado quickly dissipated. |
| May 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Gage | - | A brief tornado, with maximum winds of 80 mph, touched down approximately 3.9 miles northwest of the community of Millerville, just south of Mines Road. The tornado continued north across Mines road and uprooted several hardwood trees along this road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hatchet Creek | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Glades | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Chambers Springs | 3.8 miles | 22 | |
| Carr Mill | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Roselle | 4.9 miles | 23 | |
| High Pine | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Shady Grove | 5.3 miles | 23 | |
| Millerville | 5.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 162008. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










