BlockMonticello Estates, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Big Sandy-Duncanville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35456. It lies near Sand Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Duncanville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1899 USGS Brookwood quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1931 USGS Cottondale quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Cottondale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Duncanville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2002 USGS Duncanville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
87 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Monticello Estates between 1994 and 2019, burning about 454 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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 | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | LITTLE HOPE |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160924-17 |
| 16 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140808-003 |
| 30 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 11221 HWY 82 E-DUNCANVILLE, AL |
| 29 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170829-1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Monticello Estates: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monticello Two | 0.7 miles | 20 | |
| Sherwood Forest | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| Raintree Country | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Judson Park | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Huntland | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Stokes | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Golden Acres | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Peach Grove | 2.3 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157851. 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.