BlockDawsons, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Carlowville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36761. It stands on Dry Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Minter quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Braggs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Minter quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
45 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Dawsons between 1995 and 2019, burning about 614 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160909-21 |
| 7 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 32 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 83 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190701-4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swink | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Minter | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Carlowville | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Richmond | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Elm Bluff | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Kings | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Belknap | 6.5 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 Q122541037 | 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 144551. 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.