Summit, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Brooksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35031. It lies near Tower Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Brooksville quadrangle. It stands 915 feet above sea level.
On record in Summit
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 1 record
Robert G. Griffith Sr. Houselisted 2000
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 23 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.
- 1885 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Brooksville quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Brooksville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Brooksville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
94 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Summit between 1996 and 2020, burning about 789 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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 | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200905-1 |
| 4 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-8 |
| 28 September 1999 | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Summit: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D and R Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Glover Manganese Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1942 |
Storms near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summit in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | $22,000 | A mobile home was damaged and a tree was blown onto a house in northern Blount County around Summit. Trees and power lines were down along Highway 132 between Oneonta and Altoona. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | $4,000 | One tree down across county highway 25 at Hinds Road. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | $4,000 | Several trees were blown down in the vicinity of Highway 79 and mile marker 53. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | $2,000 | A tree was blown down across Alabama Highway 67. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | $2,000 | A few trees and power lines were blown down, near the Summit community. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | $2,000 | Several trees were blow down in the Rainbow Crossing area, near the intersection of US-231 and US-278. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | $500 | A tree was blown down on Roswell Creek Road. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Summit | - | Nickel size hail reported along Highway 231 north of Summit. |
| March 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | Several trees uprooted near the town of Summit. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Summit | - | Quarter size hail was observed in extreme northern Blount County. The hail fell in an area just east of US 231 near the Cullman and Marshall County line. A few trees were also blown down. |
| February 2011 | Hail | Summit | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roswell | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Strawberry | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Brooksville | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Rock Springs | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Fowler (historical) | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| Birdie | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Hopewell | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| Bright Star | 4.6 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 Summit | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7637735 | 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 127547. 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.












