BlockBalkum, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Headland-Newville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36345. The Survey maps it on the Haleburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Haleburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
45 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Balkum between 1994 and 2019, burning about 196 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.3 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160907-1 |
| 27 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1996 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20120817-001 |
| 30 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 June 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Crossroad | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Tumbleton | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Miller | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Hebron | 4.2 miles | 7 | |
| Grandberry Crossroads | 4.4 miles | 7 | |
| Danzey | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Haleburg | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Oakey Grove | 5.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 113416. 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.