BlockFairfield, Alabama
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Morris Chapel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35650. It stands on Tacky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Oakville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1935 USGS Danville quadrangle1:48000
- 1935 USGS Danville quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Oakville quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Danville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Oakville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Oakville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
96 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Fairfield between 1994 and 2016, burning about 1,872 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 40 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 | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20140925-001 |
| 25 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Points | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Oakville | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Kitchens Mill | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Pittsburg | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Harmony | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Speake | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Aldridge Grove | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Jesseton | 5.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159584. 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.