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Gunter Grove, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36109. The Survey maps it on the Willow Springs quadrangle.

Gunter Grove within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

Fires near this place

43 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Gunter Grove between 1994 and 2016, burning about 573 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 burning25
Arson/incendiarism5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
15 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20150915-001
15 September 1999Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission188 MONROE STREET, AL
7 August 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2007Natural2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionOLD POND RD, AL
24 August 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Gunter Grove: 18 producers, 2 past producers. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, Kyanite. 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
Deep South Const. Co PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, KyaniteProducerQuartz
Hodson PitSilica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Mitylene PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, KyaniteProducerQuartz
Excelsior MineClayProducer
Jenkins Brick Co., Inc. PitClayProducer
Brannon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Cossada Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Deep South Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dozier PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dredge QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

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
College Grove0.3 miles13
Eastmont0.3 miles13
Johnstown East0.4 miles13
Timbers0.8 miles13
Mountain View Estates0.9 miles13
Bellehurst1.0 miles13
Sunshine Village1.0 miles13
Dalraida1.2 miles13

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 Q122548671The 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 142582. 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.