Alliance, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Notasulga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36083. The Survey maps it on the Little Texas quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Little Texas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Little Texas quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
193 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Alliance between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,286 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 55 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 | 55 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170909-2 |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CR 24, AL |
| 22 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160922-3 |
| 2 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20140901-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Texas | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Society Hill | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Tuskegee | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| Notasulga | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Chehaw | 8.3 miles | 11 | |
| Clough | 10.7 miles | 9 | |
| Seasha | 11.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 113023. 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.





