BlockBoothetown, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Citronelle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36522. The Survey maps it on the Georgetown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1942 USGS Wilmer quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Wilmer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
138 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Boothetown between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,415 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 71 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 | 71 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.1 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180816-5 |
| 4 July 2009 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | HALF MILE OFF MASONFERRY RD DUE SOUTH, AL |
| 3 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 June 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.5 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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122594258 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 143159. 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.