BlockDoral Estates, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pike Road census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36116. It stands on Waller Creek. The Survey maps it on the Davis Crossroads quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Davis Crossroads quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Doral Estates between 1995 and 2016, burning about 214 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | TROTTMAN RD., AL |
| 18 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 34 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | WOODLEY RD, AL |
| 21 June 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 42 SNOWDEN CHAMBERS, AL |
| 31 May 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 37 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson Hill | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Rolling Hills | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Rolling Lakes | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Macedonia | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Pinedale | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Mosswood | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Forest Estates | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Barachias | 3.7 miles | 13 |
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 Q122561907 | 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 142494. 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.