BlockColbert, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hurtsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36858. The Survey maps it on the Seale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1914 USGS Seale quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Seale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Seale quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Seale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Seale quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
146 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Colbert between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,752 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 21 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 | 67 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-3 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-39 |
| 27 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160927-12 |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190920-4 |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CR 26, AL |
| 15 September 2010 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colbert in 1 storm report in 2015: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colbert | - | Several dozen trees uprooted in the town of Seale with some minor damage to a few outbuildings as well. |
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 116377. 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.