Greater Washington Park, Alabama
21 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 Montgomery South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 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
- 1958 USGS Montgomery South quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Montgomery South quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Greater Washington Park between 1995 and 2019, burning about 220 acres in total. 1 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 | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190917-2 |
| 17 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 188 MONROE STREET, 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 |
| 24 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Greater Washington Park: 11 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie Sand & Gravel - Maxwell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE | Producer | Quartz | |
| Brewer Heights Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| Dixie Sand & Gravel Co., Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dozier Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hunter Station Pit / Dixie Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Old Alabama Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Old Alabama Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Tocwah Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| Vulcan Materials Co. Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie View Estates | 0.2 miles | 21 | |
| Young Forte Village | 0.6 miles | 21 | |
| Memorial Heights | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Westgate | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Westview Gardens | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Mobile Heights | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| West End | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| Cleveland Meadows | 1.5 miles | 21 |
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 Q122569730 | 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 142577. 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.








