BlockBrush Creek, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Heiberger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36756. The Survey maps it on the Hogglesville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hogglesville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Hogglesville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
62 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Brush Creek between 1994 and 2020, burning about 752 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 9 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.1 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 29 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2008 | Natural | 250 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | WAREHOUSE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Perry | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Morgan Springs | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Ironville | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Curbville | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Folsom | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Heiberger | 9.7 miles | 11 | |
| Jericho | 10.1 miles | 11 | |
| Ellards | 10.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 162653. 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.