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Hunter, Alabama

18 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 Prattville quadrangle.

Hunter within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

51 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Hunter between 1995 and 2018, burning about 197 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Debris and open burning12
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
29 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20130929-001
23 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission493, AL
24 August 1995Debris and open burning5.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 1995Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 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 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Hunter: 13 producers, 5 past producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Alabama RiverSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, KyaniteProducerQuartz
Browder PitClayProducer
Dixie Sand & Gravel - Maxwell PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerQuartz
French Street Brick PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Dixie Sand & Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hunter Station Pit / Dixie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Millbrook PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Montgomery River Plant & QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Old Alabama PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Old Alabama QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

2 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hunter in 2 storm reports between 2022 and 2024: 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2024FloodHunter-Montgomery Fire/Rescue performed evacuations of homes surrounded by floodwater along Harmony St and Dumas St. A portion of Hayneville Rd was inaccessible by vehicle. Nearby Catoma Creek crested in moderate flood stage at 26.1 ft around 6 AM CST.
August 2022Flash FloodHunter-Flooding reported at Maxwell Air Force Base. River Road impassable and at least one building with several feet of water in the basement. Rainfall amounts of two to four inches over a three hour period reported by an observer.

Every storm 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
Grovewood2.0 miles18
Lee Farms2.9 miles18
Brickdale Estates2.9 miles21
Selbrook3.0 miles18
Cedar Point3.1 miles18
Country Estates3.1 miles18
Fairview3.6 miles18
Westview Gardens3.6 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 151822. 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.