BlockEdsons, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lowndesboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36752. It stands on Pilot Creek. The Survey maps it on the Benton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Benton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Benton SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Benton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
66 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Edsons between 1994 and 2019, burning about 526 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 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 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 43 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-19 |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benton | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| White Hall | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Trickem | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Petronia | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Hicks Hill | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Clair | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Lowndesboro | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Collirene | 10.1 miles | 11 |
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 Q122557810 | 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 117874. 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.