BlockCobbs Quarters, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Safford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36773. It stands on Lize Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crumptonia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Crumptonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Selma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Cobbs Quarters between 1994 and 2020, burning about 518 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 138 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | THE VINCENT FIRE |
| 14 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Fireworks | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20120704-003 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sedgefield | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Donald | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Crumptonia | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Safford | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Five Points | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Blalock | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Central Mills | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Martin | 7.3 miles | 10 |
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 Q122558036 | 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 144544. 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.