BlockFalkner, Alabama
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Eclectic census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36024. The Survey maps it on the Eclectic quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1901 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Eclectic quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
153 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Falkner between 1994 and 2020, burning about 902 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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 | 73 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160907-5 |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-16 |
| 28 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | AL HWY 9, AL |
| 29 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118174. 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.