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Montague, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bridgeport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35740. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Doran Cove quadrangle.

Montague within Jackson County

On record in Montague

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

36 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Montague between 1996 and 2019, burning about 342 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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/incendiarism15
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1998Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1998Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 July 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreRussell Cave National MonumentRUCA
28 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.3 acresTennessee Division of ForestryBROWN TRACE #1
9 April 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Montague: 2 producers, 2 plants, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Limestone, General, Iron, Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
(Facility) Bridgeport Jv SmelterIron, SilicaPlant
No 1 MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Richard City QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Richard City Quarry Penn-Dixie Cement Corp.Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Thomas and AssociatesLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montague in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMontague$12,000Several large pine trees were snapped and uprooted at the COOP observer station at Russell Cave National Monument.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Coopers Mill1.5 miles23
Summer Bluff1.9 miles23
Cumberland Junction2.5 miles23
Rocky Springs2.6 miles23
Mount Carmel2.6 miles23
Widows Creek Station3.7 miles23
Bolivar4.1 miles23
Copenhagen (historical)4.1 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156728. 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.