BlockElam-Rodgers, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Goshen-Shady Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36035. The Survey maps it on the Youngblood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Youngblood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Elam-Rodgers between 1994 and 2020, burning about 329 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200701-1 |
| 5 June 2007 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Elam-Rodgers: 20 unknowns, 6 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Crossroad | 1.2 miles | 7 | |
| Hallsville | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Good Hope | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Wingard | 3.6 miles | 7 | |
| Youngblood | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Goshen | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Little Oak | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| River Ridge | 5.4 miles | 8 |
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 Q122572837 | 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 117906. 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.