BlockMount Sinai, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36108. The Survey maps it on the Cantelous quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1927 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Montgomery SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Cantelous quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
47 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Mount Sinai between 1995 and 2019, burning about 441 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | HILL TOP LANE, AL |
| 3 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2007 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mount Sinai: 3 producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brewer Heights Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| Lowndes Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lowndes Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cantelous | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Catoma | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Dannley Pines | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Stones | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Antioch | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Brewer Estates | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Fairview | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Twin Gates Estates | 4.7 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 142737. 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.