BlockEast Saginaw, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Columbiana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35043. It stands on Bolivar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chelsea quadrangle.
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.
- 1890 USGS Bessemer quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Bessemer quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Vandiver quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Vandiver quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Chelsea quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1975 USGS Chelsea quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
179 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of East Saginaw between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,270 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 70 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 | 70 |
| Debris and open burning | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200930-1 |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160930-6 |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20150927-001 |
| 25 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.1 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simmsville | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| Watkins | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Chelsea | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Yellowleaf Creek Estates | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Joinertown | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Deerhurst | 5.6 miles | 27 | |
| Fourmile | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Deer Springs Estates | 6.1 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156293. 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.