BlockCotton Valley, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fort Davis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36083. It stands on Prairie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Davisville 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Davisville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
226 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Cotton Valley between 1994 and 2019, burning about 3,723 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 81 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 | 81 |
| Debris and open burning | 73 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Smoking | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 24 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.3 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190923-20 |
| 18 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davisville | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Fort Davis | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Armstrong | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Andrew | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Downs | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Roba | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Liverpool | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Warriorstand | 7.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 116689. 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.