BlockBull City, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Brookwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35006. The Survey maps it on the Burchfield Store quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 23 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.
- 1899 USGS Brookwood quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1929 USGS Searles quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Searles quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Burchfield Store quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Burchfield Store quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
188 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Bull City between 1994 and 2020, burning about 6,546 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 80 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 | 80 |
| Debris and open burning | 75 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190922-13 |
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burchfield | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Kellerman | 5.8 miles | 21 | |
| Searles | 7.2 miles | 21 | |
| Pattersontown | 7.8 miles | 19 | |
| Yolande | 8.4 miles | 19 | |
| Abernant | 9.3 miles | 19 | |
| North Alabama Junction | 9.4 miles | 21 | |
| East Brookwood | 9.7 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 115176. 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.