BlockEdgil, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Townley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35503. It stands on Dry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Manchester quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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
- 1949 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
203 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Edgil between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,866 acres in total. 1 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 | 65 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160906-5 |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180903-7 |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 52 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-16 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Edgil: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Allen No. 2 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gamble | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Saragossa | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Macedonia | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Manchester | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Hudson Settlement | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Lupton | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Marigold | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Camak Mills (historical) | 3.6 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 162311. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.