BlockCharles, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Cuba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36912. The Survey maps it on the Ward quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Ward quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
32 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Charles between 1994 and 2020, burning about 395 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 433 SHELTON ROAD, AL |
| 6 May 2012 | Natural | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20120506-001 |
| 4 May 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20120615-001 |
| 28 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 April 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinterbish | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Ward | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Gaston | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Standard | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Derby | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Intercourse | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Siloam | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Scratch Hill | 8.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 134106. 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.