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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.

West Monroeville within Monroe County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

181 since 1994

Regional 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 burning73
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Railroad operations and maintenance19
Arson/incendiarism16
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking6
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Debris and open burning1.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1995Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mon 2 Clay Prospect.ClayProspect
Millsap PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Scott PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2017Flash FloodWest Monroeville$25,000Flash flooding resulted in the closure of several roads in the city of Monroeville. Five homes also experienced flooding.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWest Monroeville-High winds downed powerlines on Park Road in Monroeville.

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Monroeville1.7 miles8
Mexboro1.9 miles8
Mexia1.9 miles8
Mexia Crossing2.1 miles8
Ollie3.1 miles8
Old Salem3.2 miles8
Valley Estates3.7 miles8
Monroeton4.3 miles8

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 Q122595591The 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.