BlockBagley, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Robbins Crossroads census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35062. The Survey maps it on the Sipsey quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 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.
- 1893 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Sipsey quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Sipsey quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Sipsey quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
260 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 260 fires within 5 miles of Bagley between 1994 and 2018, burning about 3,238 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 116 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 | 116 |
| Debris and open burning | 94 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-22 |
| 26 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Other causes | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petes Crossroads | 0.3 miles | 21 | |
| Bagley Meadows | 0.4 miles | 23 | |
| Robbins Crossroads | 1.5 miles | 28 | |
| Crestview Estates | 1.9 miles | 24 | |
| Mill Creek Estates | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| Briarcliff Estates | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| West Sayre | 3.0 miles | 28 | |
| Brents Cross Roads | 3.1 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 113338. 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.