BlockDriftwood, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the North Johns census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35006. It stands on Valley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gilmore quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 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.
- 1893 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Port Birmingham quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Port Birmingham quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Gilmore quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Gilmore quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
170 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Driftwood between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,257 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 78 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 | 78 |
| Debris and open burning | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 1686 OLD COOK FORD ROAD, AL |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170906-1 |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180922-2 |
| 21 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190921-14 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Shoal | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Vines Mill | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Toadvine | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Gilmore | 4.9 miles | 21 | |
| Maxine | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Providence | 6.0 miles | 23 | |
| Alliance | 6.1 miles | 21 | |
| Wilderness Garden | 6.4 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 144139. 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.