Pronto, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Banks-Josie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36081. The Survey maps it on the Banks quadrangle. It stands 479 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Banks quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
63 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Pronto between 1994 and 2019, burning about 267 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190930-12 |
| 20 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 7904 HIGHWAY 10, AL |
| 12 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20120912-001 |
| 12 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 68 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 68 workings within 5 miles of Pronto: 39 unknowns, 14 past producers, 11 occurrences, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pik 8 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| G P Taylor Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Miss Annie Bass Prospect | Iron | Unknown | ||
| R L Godwin Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| R L Godwinn Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windmill Hills | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Hillcrest | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Broad View | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Brundidge | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Green Ridge | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Antioch | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Banks | 4.2 miles | 7 | |
| Shiloh | 4.2 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.
| Wikidata item Q18344997 | 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 153069. 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.




