BlockEliza, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Long Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35958. It stands on Wooten Branch. The Survey maps it on the Trenton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1886 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Trenton quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Trenton quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Trenton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
388 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 388 fires within 5 miles of Eliza between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,735 acres in total. None started naturally. 117 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 | 207 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 117 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-DADE-006 |
| 25 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DADE008 |
| 24 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DADE006 |
| 23 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-DADE-004 |
| 21 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190921-13 |
| 21 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higdon | 1.3 miles | 23 | |
| Floral Crest | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Overlook | 5.6 miles | 24 | |
| Bryant | 5.6 miles | 24 | |
| Liberty Hill | 5.9 miles | 24 | |
| Cameronsville | 7.0 miles | 24 | |
| Flat Rock | 7.8 miles | 24 | |
| Bridgeport | 7.9 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 139157. 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.