BlockMount Carmel, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bellwood-Coffee Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36318. It stands on Holley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sellersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Sellersville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
44 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Mount Carmel between 1994 and 2020, burning about 388 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2019 | Natural | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190909-10 |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190908-9 |
| 19 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140919-001 |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190913-6 |
| 7 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140808-001 |
| 31 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Mount Carmel: 21 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spears | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Piney Grove | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Sellersville | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Center Ridge | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Samson | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Coffee Springs | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Pera | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Marl | 5.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1730343. 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.