BlockBluff City, Alabama
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Somerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35670. It stands on Matney Branch. The Survey maps it on the Mason Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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.
- 1888 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Mason Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Mason Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Mason Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
102 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Bluff City between 1994 and 2018, burning about 1,098 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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 | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge | FM 98-7 |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge | FM 98-6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echols Crossroads | 1.4 miles | 24 | |
| Rocky Point | 1.8 miles | 24 | |
| Winton | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Cave Springs | 3.7 miles | 24 | |
| Talucah | 4.3 miles | 23 | |
| Henderson | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Brooksville | 5.0 miles | 24 | |
| Somerville | 5.1 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156084. 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.