BlockBlack Swamp, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Lynn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35575. It stands on Meadow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lynn quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lynn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
172 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of Black Swamp (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,115 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 77 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 77 |
| Debris and open burning | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| German Crossing | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Larissa (historical) | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Kaeiser Bottoms (historical) | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| High Point | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Natural Bridge | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Farriss (historical) | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Ashbank | 4.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2680796. 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.