BlockBarrons, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Sweet Water census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36782. It sits by Nanafalia Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Pennington quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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 Meridian quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Pennington quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
58 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Barrons (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 813 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200920-3 |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 80 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190708-3 |
| 5 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160724-1 |
| 22 July 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nanafalia | 1.3 miles | 10 | |
| Geneva | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hornsboro (historical) | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Campground | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Aimwell | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Coxheath | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Half Acre | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Putnam | 7.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1730241. 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.