BlockAllens Factory, Alabama
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Bear Creek census division. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Phil Campbell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1936 USGS Phil Campbell quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Phil Campbell quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Phil Campbell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
136 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Allens Factory between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,550 acres in total. None started naturally. 58 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Allens Factory: 2 unknowns. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Lumbull | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Goddard | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Tessner | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Fairview | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Hackleburg | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| South Haleyville | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Wiginton | 8.2 miles | 12 |
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 Q122545283 | 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 137921. 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.