BlockBell, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Reform census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35466. The Survey maps it on the Gordo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Gordo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
87 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Bell between 1994 and 2020, burning about 593 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 23 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 | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156044. 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.