BlockBeechwood, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Fort Deposit census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36040. The Survey maps it on the Gordonsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Gordonsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
77 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Beechwood between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,114 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20120922-001 |
| 19 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beechwood in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beechwood | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down on CR-33, south of Hayneville. |
| December 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Beechwood | - | This brief EF-0 touchdown occurred in the Mosses community. Several homes had minor shingle damage, siding was peeled from the side of the elementary school, and one rotten hardwood was snapped. The tornado lifted just east of Mason Dr. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mosses | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Gordonville | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Lum | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Gordonsville | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Willing | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Hayneville | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Calhoun | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Letohatchee | 9.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 113826. 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.