Mountain Brook Village, Alabama
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35223. It stands on Watkins Brook. The Survey maps it on the Birmingham South quadrangle.
On record in Mountain Brook Village
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 7 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Mountain Brook Estates Buildinglisted 2003 · 0.2 miles away
Bernice L. Wright Lustron Houselisted 2000 · 0.6 miles away
John D. and Katherine Gleissner Lustron Houselisted 2000 · 0.6 miles away- Mountain Brook Office Park Historic Districtlisted 2022 · 0.3 miles away
- Hollywood Historic Districtlisted 2002 · 0.5 miles away
- Redmont Garden Apartmentslisted 1993 · 0.9 miles away
- Rosedale Park Historic Districtlisted 2004 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 26 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.
- 1890 USGS Bessemer quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Bessemer quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Bessemer Iron District quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Bessemer Special quadrangle1:48000
- 1907 USGS Bessemer Iron District quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1907 USGS Bessemer Special quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1975 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Brook Village between 1993 and 2020, burning about 722 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
| 13 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 1302 MORGAN RD, AL |
| 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 |
| 30 May 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NORMAN DRIVE, AL |
| 27 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20120427-002 |
| 22 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Brook Village: 10 past producers, 3 unknowns, 3 plants, 1 producer. 4 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 | ||
| Birmingham Red Ore Dist. | Iron | 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 | ||
| Kewanaw Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Republic Steel/ Birmingham, Ala. | Iron | Plant | ||
| So. Electric Steel/Birmingham, Ala. | Iron | Plant | ||
| Spaulding Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1886 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| English Village | 0.9 miles | 26 | |
| Hollywood | 0.9 miles | 26 | |
| Southwood | 1.1 miles | 26 | |
| Rosedale | 1.1 miles | 26 | |
| Cherokee Forest | 1.1 miles | 26 | |
| Mayfair | 1.3 miles | 26 | |
| Redmont Park | 1.3 miles | 30 | |
| Windsor Highlands | 1.5 miles | 26 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122572998 | 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 152546. 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.












