BlockCamp Ground, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Danville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35619. It lies near Campground Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Massey quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1935 USGS Danville quadrangle1:48000
- 1935 USGS Danville quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Mc Kendry quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Danville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Massey quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Massey quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
50 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Camp Ground between 1993 and 2020, burning about 858 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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 | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180904-5 |
| 29 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-21 |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | BASHAM TOWER |
| 2 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160917-1 |
| 17 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 70 acres | National Forests in Alabama | FLAT MOUNTAIN |
| 17 September 1999 | Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Massey | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Andrews Chapel | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Cedar Plains | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Thomas Place | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Danville | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Lebanon | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Neel | 7.5 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 162053. 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.