BlockDamascus, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Bremen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35077. It lies near Prospect Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Blount Springs quadrangle. It stands 495 feet above sea level.
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 Blount Springs quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Blount Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
74 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Damascus between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,237 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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 | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180922-7 |
| 2 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 72 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Bottom | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| The Colony | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Baltimore (historical) | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Dodge City | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Misty Harbor | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Bremen | 5.3 miles | 23 | |
| Center Community | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Fairview West | 5.8 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Damascus | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4828357 | 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 1844226. 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.