BlockBig Oak, Alabama
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Killen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35645. It stands on Tanyard Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wheeler Dam quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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 Rogersville quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Rogersville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Wheeler Dam quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Wheeler Dam quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Wheeler Dam quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
84 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Big Oak between 1994 and 2016, burning about 391 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center Star | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Beach Grove (historical) | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Pinedale Acres | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Houstontown | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Aqua Vista | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Mitchelltown | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Marmion (historical) | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Brooks Acres | 3.0 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 114305. 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.