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Tarentum, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Brundidge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36010. The Survey maps it on the Brundidge NW quadrangle.

Tarentum within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

34 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Tarentum between 1994 and 2019, burning about 179 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-4
19 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20150918-001
17 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2019Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190916-11
16 September 2019Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190916-18
11 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190911-10
9 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Tarentum: 20 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
G P Taylor ProspectIronProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tarentum in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2011Thunderstorm WindTarentum$10,000Sporadic wind damage occurred from near Spring Hill to near Hamilton Crossroads. Several trees and powerlines were downed and minor structure damage occurred.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindTarentum-A tree was blown down onto a vehicle along Highway 125.

Every storm recorded in Pike County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hamilton Crossroads3.8 miles11
Centre Ridge (historical)5.0 miles11
Spring Hill5.6 miles11
Tennille5.9 miles11
Green Ridge6.4 miles11
Brundidge6.5 miles11
Baltic6.7 miles8
Windmill Hills6.8 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 127693. 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.