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West End, 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.

West End within Montgomery County

On record in West End

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 1 record

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

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.

Fires near this place

35 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of West End between 1995 and 2018, burning about 240 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
23 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission188 MONROE STREET, AL
25 August 2007Natural6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 1995Debris and open burning5.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 1995Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of West End: 19 producers, 1 past producer. 19 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alabama RiverSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, KyaniteProducerQuartz
Dixie Sand & Gravel - Maxwell PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerQuartz
French Street Brick PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Browder PitClayProducer
Excelsior MineClayProducer
Jenkins Brick Co., Inc. PitClayProducer
Brewer Heights PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Cossada Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dixie Sand & Gravel Co., Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dozier PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Gibbs Village0.3 miles21
Maxwell Heights0.4 miles21
Highland Village0.5 miles21
Memorial Heights0.6 miles21
Mobile Heights0.6 miles21
Western Hills0.9 miles21
Westgate0.9 miles21
Carver Park1.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 142939. 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.