BlockCreel, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Empire census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35063. The Survey maps it on the Creel quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1889 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1907 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Creel quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Creel quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
223 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 223 fires within 5 miles of Creel between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,486 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 92 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 | 92 |
| Debris and open burning | 73 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Smoking | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140928-001 |
| 26 September 2019 | Natural | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190926-10 |
| 25 September 2010 | Other causes | 2.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Empire | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Debardeleben | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| York Mountain | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Coon Creek | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Drummond | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Black Warrior Town (historical) | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Dilworth | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Campbellville | 3.6 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 116840. 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.