BlockContwell, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Silas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36558. The Survey maps it on the Aquilla quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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 Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Aquilla quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Waynesboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
74 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Contwell between 1993 and 2018, burning about 330 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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 | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | 2391 |
| 4 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 2523 SAMWOOD RD, AL |
| 14 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 6.4 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | HWY 35, AL |
| 8 June 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mississippi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquilla | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Isney | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Silas | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Cullomburg | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Bolinger | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Emory | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Rescueville | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Souwilpa | 9.4 miles | 12 |
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 Q122595494 | 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 156209. 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.