Mentone, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Valley Head-Mentone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35984. It lies near Little Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Valley Head quadrangle. 319 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,736 feet above sea level.
On record in Mentone
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 2 records
Dr. J. A. Gorman Houselisted 1996
Mentone Springs Hotellisted 1983
Population over time
2 figuresMentone fell from 360 to 319 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 360 | |
| 2020 | 319 | -41 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1886 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Little Falls quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Valley Head quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Valley Head quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Valley Head quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
267 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 267 fires within 5 miles of Mentone between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,798 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 141 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 | 141 |
| Debris and open burning | 67 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20120924-001 |
| 24 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160921-2 |
| 20 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO RD 759, VALLEY HEAD ALABAMA, AL |
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20150918-002 |
| 18 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Mentone: 4 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde Hulgen Iron Property | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Valley Head Area | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite |
Storms near this place
14 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mentone in 14 storm reports between 2000 and 2015: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mentone | $20,000 | A roof of a building was slightly damaged, two older greenhouses were destroyed and several trees were downed by thunderstorm winds just northeast of Mentone, Alabama, along County roads 639, 641 and Alabama Highway 117. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Mentone | $20,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported. The hail produced slight to moderate damage to five cars and two homes. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mentone | $1,000 | A few trees were knocked down in and around the city of Mentone. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mentone | - | A few trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Mentone | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| July 2007 | Heavy Rain | Mentone | - | A 30 minute rainfall of 3.25 inches was reported. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mentone | - | Trees were blown down along DeSoto Parkway. |
| June 2007 | Lightning | Mentone | - | A local animal park reported that at least nine cows were struck by lightning and killed on Lookout Mountain near Mentone. Time and location estimated. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Mentone | - | Nickel size hail was reported. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Mentone | - | Quarter sized hail reported on County Road 89 near Mentone. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mentone | - | A tree was blown down on County Road 89. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mentone | - | A tree was blown down at Sequoyah Caverns. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Mentone | - | several inches of water over road. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Mentone | - | Quarter size hail was observed in Mentone. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverdale | 1.4 miles | 22 | |
| Valley Head | 1.5 miles | 22 | |
| Hammondville | 1.9 miles | 22 | |
| Bankhead | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Kaolin | 3.3 miles | 23 | |
| Cordell (historical) | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Council Bluff | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Mays Gulf (historical) | 5.0 miles | 22 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Mentone | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q67974 | 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 150377. 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.











