BlockMontgomery Lakes, Alabama
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Samantha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35475. The Survey maps it on the Gin Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1926 USGS Samantha quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Samantha quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Gin Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Montgomery Lakes between 1995 and 2020, burning about 385 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 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 | Debris and open burning | 41 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160909-23 |
| 21 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140808-001 |
| 30 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 1996 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140728-001 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownville | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Shirley | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Binion Heights | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Searcy Farms | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Echola | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Moores Bridge | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Samantha | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Cove Park | 5.9 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 Q122551746 | 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 1700463. 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.