Gate City, Alabama
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35212. It lies near Sandstone Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Irondale quadrangle.
On record in Gate City
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Howard College Estates Historic Districtlisted 1999 · 0.8 miles away
Fire Station No. 19listed 1990 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 30 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.
- 1889 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Leeds quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1907 USGS Leeds quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Irondale quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1975 USGS Irondale quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Irondale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
31 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Gate City between 1995 and 2020, burning about 574 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-6 |
| 28 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 618 CR 126, AL |
| 25 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 2386 CR 65, AL |
| 22 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CR 6 & CR 81, AL |
| 19 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 350 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CR 45 ( N OF 27), AL |
| 19 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CALLAHAN RD, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Gate City: 13 past producers, 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citadel Cement Operation | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dolcito Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Alfretta Mines | Iron | Past Producer | 1903 | |
| Alfretta No. 2 Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Alfretta No. 3 Mine | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Alfretta No. 4 Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Alfretta No. 5 Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Bald Eagle Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Hammond Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Hammond, Dago, Hendona, and Valleyview Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gate City in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2012: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gate City | - | A few trees were reported down in separate locations, some blocking roadways, on the east side of Birmingham. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Gate City | - | Reported near the Eastwood Festival Center. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Gate City | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marks Village | 0.3 miles | 30 | |
| Wahouma | 0.6 miles | 30 | |
| Central Highlands | 0.7 miles | 30 | |
| Oak Ridge Park | 0.9 miles | 30 | |
| Lakewood | 1.0 miles | 30 | |
| Ruffner | 1.2 miles | 30 | |
| Irondale | 1.2 miles | 30 | |
| East Lake | 1.3 miles | 30 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118867. 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.












