BlockBrushy Pond, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Bremen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35033. It stands on Simpson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crane Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Crane Hill quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Crane Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
92 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Brushy Pond between 1994 and 2020, burning about 935 acres in total. None started naturally. 28 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 | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190908-3 |
| 8 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160908-6 |
| 30 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20140924-003 |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190922-4 |
| 20 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 169 COUNTY RD 221, AL |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphur Springs | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Bremen | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Cold Springs | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Misty Harbor | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Trade | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Ardell | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Crane Hill | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Trimble | 5.4 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 115069. 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.