Beckman, Alabama
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35630. It stands on Craven Branch. The Survey maps it on the Florence quadrangle.
On record in Beckman
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Larimore Houselisted 1974 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1914 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Florence quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Florence quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Florence quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
116 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Beckman between 1994 and 2019, burning about 265 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 35 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 | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190929-11 |
| 29 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 115 COUNTY ROAD 249, AL |
| 28 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | COUNTY ROAD 200, AL |
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 673 CR 72, AL |
| 17 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morningdale | 0.3 miles | 19 | |
| Beechwood | 0.4 miles | 19 | |
| The Cedars | 0.4 miles | 19 | |
| Greenbrier | 0.5 miles | 19 | |
| Hickory Hills | 0.6 miles | 19 | |
| Windcrest | 0.6 miles | 19 | |
| Creekwood | 0.7 miles | 19 | |
| Mars Hill | 1.0 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122543067 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 145061. 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.









