Mountain Home, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Morris Chapel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35650. It lies near Long Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Masterson Mill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1936 USGS Masterson quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Masterson quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Masterson quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
327 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 327 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Home between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,807 acres in total. None started naturally. 164 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 | 164 |
| Debris and open burning | 103 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160927-8 |
| 26 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20150923-002 |
| 23 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountain Home in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain Home | $5,000 | An outbuilding was blown across County Road 214 by thunderstorm winds, northeast of Moulton. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain Home | $2,000 | Power lines and trees were knocked down in the 1700 block of CR 87. Time estimated by radar. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain Home | $2,000 | Power lines and poles were knocked down between mile markers 18 and 24 on Highway 33. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain Home | $1,000 | Trees were knocked down on CR 147. Time estimated by radar. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain Home | $1,000 | Power lines were knocked down at Highway 33 at CR 559. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain Home | - | Multiple trees were knocked down along CR 249 at CR 250. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Mountain Home | - | Around six inches of water was flowing across the road near the intersection of County Road 214 and Highway 33. |
| January 2012 | Hail | Mountain Home | - | Hail up to penny size was reported. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Mountain Home | - | Numerous reports of golf ball size hail fell in the Langtown community. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Mountain Home | - | Nickel sized hail was reported near CR 249 and 250. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Letson Settlement | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Longtown | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Chalybeate Springs | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Masterson Mill | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Moriah | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Harmony | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Pittsburg | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Wheeler | 5.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 155401. 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.
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.







