BlockEllison, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Dixons Mill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36784. The Survey maps it on the Surginer quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Surginer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Selma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
85 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Ellison (historical) between 1994 and 2018, burning about 487 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-20 |
| 20 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150920-006 |
| 16 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160916-10 |
| 14 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surginer | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Clayhill | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Vineland | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Dixons Mills | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Moores Valley | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Pope | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Doyle | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Hampden | 5.5 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1730246. 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.