Eiler, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Gilbertown-Toxey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36913. It stands on Opossum Branch. The Survey maps it on the Melvin quadrangle.

Eiler within Choctaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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 Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1974 USGS Melvin quadrangle1:24000
1978 USGS Melvin quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Waynesboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

62 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Eiler between 1993 and 2020, burning about 868 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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	20
Arson/incendiarism	15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Recreation and ceremony	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
9 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20200909-1
9 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	32 acres	Mississippi Forestry Commission	6687
20 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 2011	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	450 PLANTATION DRIVE, AL
1 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	95 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	NEEDHAM RD, AL
6 August 2006	Natural	1.0 acres	Mississippi Forestry Commission	not named
29 June 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	24 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Choctaw County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Okatuppa	1.9 miles	12
Melvin	2.9 miles	12
Turner	3.2 miles	12
Brightwater	3.9 miles	12
Needham	4.9 miles	12
Water Valley	5.0 miles	12
Bogueloosa	5.1 miles	12
Jackson Spur	5.8 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156302. 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.