Mountain Brook, Alabama
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35213. The Survey maps it on the Birmingham North quadrangle. 22,461 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 459 feet above sea level.
On record in Mountain Brook
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 3 records
Mountain Brook Estates Buildinglisted 2003- Mountain Brook Office Park Historic Districtlisted 2022
- Redmont Garden Apartmentslisted 1993
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Mountain Brook, Mountain Brook Parkway at Cahaba Road, Mountain Brookfederal building survey, 13 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresMountain Brook grew from 20,413 to 22,461 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 20,413 | |
| 2020 | 22,461 | +2,048 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 30 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.
- 1889 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1904 USGS Birmingham Coal District quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Birmingham Coal District quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1906 USGS Birmingham Special quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1975 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
32 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Brook between 1993 and 2020, burning about 764 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-6 |
| 25 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 2386 CR 65, AL |
| 22 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CR 6 & CR 81, AL |
| 19 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160608-5 |
| 2 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 350 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CR 45 ( N OF 27), AL |
| 15 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200615-3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Brook: 8 past producers, 3 plants, 3 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Vermiculite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Plant | Vermiculite | Past Producer | ||
| Green Spring Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Hammond Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Hammond, Dago, Hendona, and Valleyview Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| Helen Bess Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Irondale Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Kewanaw Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Republic Steel/ Birmingham, Ala. | Iron | Plant | ||
| So. Electric Steel/Birmingham, Ala. | Iron | Plant | ||
| U S Steel/ Birmingham, Ala. | Iron | Plant |
Storms near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountain Brook in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain Brook | 1 hurt | Several trees uprooted along Cliff Road in the city limits of Birmingham. One large tree fell on a home, producing significant damage to the home and minor injuries to one occupant. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain Brook | $150,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain Brook | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain Brook | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down on Altamont Road in Birmingham and on South View Drive in Vestavia Hills. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain Brook | - | Power lines were downed near the intersection of Old Leeds Rd and Cherokee Rd. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Mountain Brook | - | Dime to quarter size hail in the city of Mountain Brook. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain Brook | - | One tree was uprooted and fell onto two cars in Mountain Brook. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain Brook | - | Several trees and power lines were reported down across the city of Mountain Brook. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Mountain Brook | - | Nickel size hail was reported near Brookwood Mall. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Mountain Brook | - | Dime size hail was observed near Fire Station #2 on Overton Road. |
| February 2011 | Hail | Mountain Brook | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestline Heights | 0.4 miles | 30 | |
| Glencoe | 0.6 miles | 30 | |
| Euclid Estates | 0.8 miles | 30 | |
| Altamont Park | 0.9 miles | 30 | |
| Bentley Hills | 1.0 miles | 30 | |
| Redmont Park | 1.2 miles | 30 | |
| Forest Park | 1.2 miles | 30 | |
| Mountaindale | 1.3 miles | 30 |
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 Mountain Brook | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79814 | 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 123503. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.













