BlockBurchfield, Alabama
21 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 35444. It stands on Flatrock Branch. The Survey maps it on the Brookwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 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 Brookwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
77 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Burchfield between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,464 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 31 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 | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 27 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 24 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | STANLEY RD. N. OF BROOKWOOD, AL |
| 18 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burchfield in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2012: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burchfield | $500 | A few trees were blown down near the intersection of Watermelon Road and Lock 15 Road. |
| January 2012 | Tornado (EF2) | Burchfield | - | A tornado, with maximum winds speeds estimated to be 115 mph, touched down about one quarter of a mile west of Watermelon Road, where it snapped and uprooted a few small pine trees. From there, the tornado traveled northeast and hit a hunting camp, where approximately twenty small pine trees were snapped and eight campers were rolled. Three of the campers were destroyed and the other five received differing degrees of damage. The tornado continued northeast crossing Watermelon Road, where it snapped three wooden H-frame transmission lines before lifting just to the east of Watermelon Road. Merchantable timber losses estimated by the Alabama Forestry Commission for this track are approximately $4K. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Burchfield | - | Penny sized hail was reported at the intersection of Watermelon Road and Lock 15 Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kellerman | 0.4 miles | 21 | |
| Searles | 1.9 miles | 21 | |
| North Alabama Junction | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| East Brookwood | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| Pattersontown | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Bull City | 5.4 miles | 23 | |
| Klondike | 5.5 miles | 21 | |
| Yolande | 6.3 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 115212. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.