BlockBeans Mill, Alabama
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Beulah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36804. It stands on Little Halawaka Creek. The Survey maps it on the Opelika East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1907 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Opelika East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
78 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Beans Mill between 1994 and 2019, burning about 754 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 19 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 | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2012 | Other causes | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20120924-001 |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 96 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 3590 CR 38, AL |
| 31 August 1998 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2007 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Grove | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Tillery Crossroad | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Yarbrough | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| West Ridge | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Beulah | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Dale | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Roanoke Junction | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Halawaka | 5.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156039. 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.