BlockEvergreen, Alabama
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Autaugaville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36006. The Survey maps it on the Milton quadrangle. It stands 554 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1891 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plantersville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Plantersville SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Milton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
120 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Evergreen between 1994 and 2020, burning about 644 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 22 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 | 53 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 815 |
| 26 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190910-5 |
| 7 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190807-1 |
| 6 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winslow | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Milton | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Independence | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Bonita | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Vida Junction | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Spur (historical) | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Hillside (historical) | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Vida | 5.9 miles | 18 |
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 Q5417146 | 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 156327. 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.