Melmar, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Prattville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36067. It stands on Breakfast Creek. The Survey maps it on the Prattville quadrangle.
On record in Melmar
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Bell Houselisted 1999 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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
- 1975 USGS Montgomery NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Prattville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
197 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Melmar between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,041 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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 | 90 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160909-13 |
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whispering Pines | 0.3 miles | 18 | |
| Live Oaks | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| Upper Kingston | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Pate | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Prattville | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Hunting Ridge | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Willowbrook | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Prattmont | 2.5 miles | 18 |
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 Q122546549 | 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 147591. 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.








