BlockChesterfield, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cedar Bluff-Gaylesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35973. It stands on Dry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jamestown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1893 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
520 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 520 fires within 5 miles of Chesterfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,058 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 349 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 | 349 |
| Debris and open burning | 90 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 26 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Little River Canyon National Preserve | DUNNROAD |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160923-1 |
| 23 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20150923-002 |
| 20 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chesterfield in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesterfield | - | Several trees uprooted along County Road 103. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berry Springs | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Burgess | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Grover | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Five Points | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| New Moon | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Starkville (historical) | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Jamestown | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Rhinehart | 5.5 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156175. 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.