BlockChoctaw City, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Lisman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36916. It stands on Camp Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pennington 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
- 1978 USGS Pennington quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
69 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Choctaw City between 1994 and 2018, burning about 577 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 196 GREY FOX ROAD, AL |
| 9 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 859 MARZETTA ROAD, AL |
| 31 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deas | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Robjohn | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Pennington | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Indian Springs | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Naheola | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Tompkinsville | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Jachin | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Lavaca | 4.8 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122588703 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 116078. 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.