BlockMount Sterling, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Butler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36904. The Survey maps it on the Butler quadrangle. It stands 164 feet above sea level.
On record in Mount Sterling
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 1 record
Mount Sterling Methodist Churchlisted 1986
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Meridian quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Butler quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
104 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Mount Sterling between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,714 acres in total. 2 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 | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190920-28 |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butler | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Green Acres | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Little Walker | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Morgan Chapel | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Lavaca | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Red Springs | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Slater | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Lisman | 8.2 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Mount Sterling | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6923859 | 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 123398. 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.