Washington Park, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36108. The Survey maps it on the Montgomery South quadrangle.

Washington Park within Montgomery County

On record in Washington Park

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 within a mile 10 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Cleveland Court Apartments 620-638listed 2001 · 0.4 miles away
Mt. Zion AME Zion Churchlisted 2002 · 0.6 miles away
City of St. Jude Historic Districtlisted 1990 · 0.6 miles away
McBryde-Screws-Tyson Houselisted 1980 · 0.8 miles away
Winter Placelisted 2006 · 0.9 miles away
Opp Cottagelisted 1976 · 0.9 miles away
Governor's Mansionlisted 1972 · 0.9 miles away
Dr. C. A. Thigpen Houselisted 1977 · 1.0 miles away
Peacock Tract Historic Districtlisted 2025 · 0.3 miles away
Court Square Urban Renewal Area Historic Districtlisted 2024 · 0.9 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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.

1927 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:48000
1930 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Montgomery South quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1975 USGS Montgomery South quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

31 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Washington Park between 1995 and 2018, burning about 177 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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	14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Arson/incendiarism	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Natural	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
23 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2002	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	188 MONROE STREET, AL
24 August 1995	Debris and open burning	5.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 1995	Railroad operations and maintenance	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
17 August 1995	Debris and open burning	3.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
9 June 2011	Natural	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	1045 JACKSON FERRY ROAD , AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Washington Park: 18 producers, 1 past producer. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Alabama River	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite	Producer	Quartz
Dixie Sand & Gravel - Maxwell Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE	Producer	Quartz
French Street Brick Plant	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Browder Pit	Clay	Producer
Excelsior Mine	Clay	Producer
Jenkins Brick Co., Inc. Pit	Clay	Producer
Cossada Ferry Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dixie Sand & Gravel Co., Inc. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dozier Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Hunter Station Pit / Dixie Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Western Hills	0.6 miles	21
Highland Village	0.9 miles	21
Carver Park	1.0 miles	21
Mobile Heights	1.1 miles	21
West End	1.1 miles	21
Maxwell Heights	1.1 miles	21
Edgemont Heights	1.2 miles	21
Gibbs Village	1.2 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 142936. 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.