Minter, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Carlowville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36761. It stands on Swift Creek. The Survey maps it on the Minter quadrangle. It stands 177 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Braggs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Minter quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
55 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Minter between 1994 and 2019, burning about 682 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 | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160909-21 |
| 9 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 32 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 83 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Minter in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2006: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minter | $55,000 | Significant wind damage occurred generally from Minter to Selma and areas eastward to the Lowndes County line. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down across the eastern third of the county.One mobile home was totally destroyed and at least 8 additional homes suffered varying degrees ofdamage. Several vehicles sustained damage from fallen trees. The Sardis Volunteer Fire Department wasdamaged. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minter | $15,000 | Winds caused significant damage to a bait shop in Shepardsville, along Highway 41. Two outbuildings were also heavily damaged, and multiple trees and power lines were blown down. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Minter | $5,000 | The second hail producing supercell in a few hours moved across southern Dallas County. The supercell storm dropped golf ball size hail along its path just north of the Minter community. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minter | $5,000 | A few trees were blown down on CR 85 just north of Minter. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minter | $5,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down in Minter. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Minter | $1,000 | Quarter size hail fell west of the Minter community. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minter | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minter | - | Several trees were knocked down in southern Dallas County near Minter. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Minter | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Minter | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlowville | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Dawsons | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Richmond | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Swink | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Elm Bluff | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Tilden | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Kings | 8.6 miles | 11 |
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 Minter | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q12498588 | 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 122882. 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.
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.





