BlockElm Bluff, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Carlowville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36761. The Survey maps it on the Elm Bluff quadrangle. It stands 361 feet above sea level.
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 Carlowville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Carlowville NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Selma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Elm Bluff quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
24 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Elm Bluff between 1994 and 2019, burning about 184 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160909-21 |
| 8 September 1997 | Smoking | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2000 | Smoking | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140801-002 |
| 9 July 2012 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20120709-003 |
| 18 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 16 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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Elm Bluff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5366256 | 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 117953. 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.