BlockCentral, Alabama
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Titus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36092. The Survey maps it on the Eclectic quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1901 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Eclectic quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
156 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Central between 1994 and 2020, burning about 802 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 17 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 | 70 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160907-5 |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-16 |
| 17 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | AL HWY 9, AL |
| 29 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Central in 1 storm report in 2002: 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2002 | Funnel Cloud | Central | - | A funnel cloud was reported just north of Central. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 115881. 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.