BlockBlackwood, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Headland-Newville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36345. It stands on Pond Branch. The Survey maps it on the Echo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Echo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
38 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Blackwood between 1996 and 2020, burning about 152 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140902-001 |
| 9 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200809-6 |
| 19 July 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 June 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190630-1 |
| 3 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 June 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20150621-001 |
| 13 June 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO RD 73, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blackwood in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirklands Crossroads | 1.1 miles | 8 | |
| Headland | 4.3 miles | 7 | |
| Newville | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Southgate | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Walden Pond Estates | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Tumbleton | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Danzey | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Capps | 9.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 114460. 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.