West Monroeville, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Monroeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36460. The Survey maps it on the Monroeville quadrangle.
On record in West Monroeville
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.
- Vanity Fair Parklisted 2020 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Monroeville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Monroeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
181 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of West Monroeville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 588 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 16 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 | 73 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of West Monroeville: 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2 Clay Prospect. | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Millsap Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Scott Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Monroeville in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 1 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Flash Flood | West Monroeville | $25,000 | Flash flooding resulted in the closure of several roads in the city of Monroeville. Five homes also experienced flooding. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Monroeville | - | High winds downed powerlines on Park Road in Monroeville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroeville | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Mexboro | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Mexia | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Mexia Crossing | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Ollie | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Old Salem | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Valley Estates | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Monroeton | 4.3 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122595591 | 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 157239. 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.



