BlockFairview, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Hazel Green census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35750. It stands on Walker Branch. The Survey maps it on the New Market quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1888 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1936 USGS New Market quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New Market quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS New Market quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
129 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1997 and 2020, burning about 444 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 | 92 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairview in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2011: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Fairview | $30,000 | An EF1 tornado with winds of 95 mph touched down along Borderline road between Evertt Jones and Greenville Pike road, immediately south of the Tennessee state line. As the tornado tracked eastward, it demolished a well built shed, significantly damaged several barns, and snapped and uprooted numerous trees. The worst damage occurred frm BH Reeves road eastward to Vanntown School road. Here, multiple sheds were demolished or had roofs removed, numerous trees were snapped and uprooted, and a mobile home had its roof peeled off. The tornado lifted just west of School House road. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $15,000 | Trees were blown down in the Walnut Grove area east of Hazel Green. A car was damaged when it ran into one of the downed trees. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $2,000 | A tree was reported down along Greenville Pike road in northern Madison county. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mint Spring | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Walnut Grove | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Skinem | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Plevna | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Union Grove | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Steele Crossing | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Hillsboro | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Keys Mill | 3.8 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156339. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.