BlockBeacon Point, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Windham Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35475. It stands on Tierce Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Tuscaloosa South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1926 USGS Samantha quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Samantha quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Lake Tuscaloosa South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
68 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Beacon Point between 1994 and 2020, burning about 610 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 11 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 | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150907-002 |
| 23 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2014 | Natural | 14 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140902-001 |
| 2 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 11281 AMBER DRIVE, AL |
| 30 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Beacon Point: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strip Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North River Country Club Estates | 0.3 miles | 18 | |
| Stonehedge | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| Edwardian Place | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| Lake Hills North | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| North Haven | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| High Cliff | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Four Winds | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Burnt Pine | 1.1 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 147839. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.