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.
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.
Russell Cave National Monumentlisted 1966 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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 Doran Cove quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Doran Cove 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
- 1967 USGS Doran Cove quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 1996Regional 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/incendiarism | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Russell Cave National Monument | RUCA |
| 28 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | BROWN TRACE #1 |
| 9 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Bridgeport Jv Smelter | Iron, Silica | Plant | ||
| No 1 Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Richard City Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Richard City Quarry Penn-Dixie Cement Corp. | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Thomas and Associates | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montague | $12,000 | Several large pine trees were snapped and uprooted at the COOP observer station at Russell Cave National Monument. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coopers Mill | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| Summer Bluff | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Cumberland Junction | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Rocky Springs | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Mount Carmel | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Widows Creek Station | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Bolivar | 4.1 miles | 23 | |
| Copenhagen (historical) | 4.1 miles | 24 |
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.










