Remlap, Alabama
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Locust Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35133. The Survey maps it on the Remlap quadrangle. 2,624 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 741 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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
- 1907 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Remlap quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1975 USGS Remlap quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
113 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Remlap between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,352 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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 | 51 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 1995 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190917-10 |
| 16 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190916-14 |
| 16 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Remlap: 12 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Blount Mountain Area | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Compton Area Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| Compton Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| E J Cozby Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Hullett Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Reuben Little Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
16 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Remlap in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2015: 8 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2001 | Lightning | Remlap | $25,000 | A barn was destroyed in a lightning caused fire. |
| April 2001 | Lightning | Remlap | $20,000 | A house fire believed started by lightning occurred in the Pine Mountain area east of Remlap. The fire was believed to have been started by lightning much earlier than the fire was actually reported. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remlap | $10,000 | A tree was blown down, and fell onto a vehicle, on Pine Mountain Road near Remlap. |
| March 1996 | Hail | Remlap | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Remlap | $6,000 | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Remlap | $5,000 | Dime to golfball size hail fell in and around the city of Remlap. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remlap | $4,000 | Small hail occurred with a thunderstorm along with wind that took the tin off a barn roof just east of Remlap. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remlap | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down onto a vehicle on Pine Nountain Road, near Remlap. |
| December 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remlap | $1,000 | A couple of trees were blown down on Pine Mountain Road, near the Remlap community. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remlap | - | Several trees uprooted in and around the town of Remlap. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remlap | - | Trees were reported down in multiple locations in the Remlap area. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Remlap | - | One inch hail reported. |
| December 2000 | Hail | Remlap | - | Dime to nickel size hail fell in Remlap. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Remlap | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Remlap | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Remlap | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watseka (historical) | 1.2 miles | 24 | |
| Compton | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Pine Mountain | 1.8 miles | 24 | |
| Inland Junction | 2.9 miles | 24 | |
| Brentwood | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Gurley | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Woodhaven | 3.5 miles | 23 | |
| Selfville | 3.7 miles | 23 |
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 Remlap | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14679417 | 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 125561. 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.









