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Mount Sinai, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Prattville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36067. The Survey maps it on the Old Kingston quadrangle.

Mount Sinai within Autauga County

On record in Mount Sinai

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

9 surveys from 18 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

270 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 270 fires within 5 miles of Mount Sinai between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,505 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 39 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 burning140
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Arson/incendiarism39
Recreation and ceremony18
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burning1.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Autauga County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mount Sinai: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Booth PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Autauga 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
Poseys Crossroads1.7 miles18
Gibbons (historical)2.9 miles18
Old Kingston3.4 miles18
Booth3.7 miles18
Andrew (historical)4.5 miles17
Pine Level4.8 miles17
Browntown4.9 miles18
Oak Grove5.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 158029. 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.