BlockEpworth, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Fruitdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36584. The Survey maps it on the Fruitdale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Fruitdale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Citronelle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Epworth between 1993 and 2019, burning about 2,758 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 29 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190917-14 |
| 31 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 30 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escatawpa | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Burbank | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Vinegar Bend | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Four Point | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Walley | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Fruitdale | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Deer Park | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Yellow Pine | 10.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 138892. 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.