BlockEagle, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Addison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35541. It stands on Clifty Creek. The Survey maps it on the Addison quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Addison quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Addison quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
84 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Eagle between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,722 acres in total. None started naturally. 44 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 | 44 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | CHAMPION |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 31 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180904-2 |
| 4 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | RUSTY BANKS |
| 23 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190921-19 |
| 2 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helicon | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Addison | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Houston | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Arley | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Barnett Chapel | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| New Georgia | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Inmanfield | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Sachs Bottoms (historical) | 6.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159544. 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.