BlockBarnes, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Haleburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36373. It stands on Geneva Branch. The Survey maps it on the Columbia NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Columbia NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
49 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Barnes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 323 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 2000 | Natural | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barnes in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Barnes | - | Flash flooding was reported along County Road 28. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Hardwickburg | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Hayes | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Haleburg | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Browns Crossroad | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Union | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Balkum | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Wills Crossroads | 6.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 113489. 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.
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.