BlockFive Points, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cedar Bluff-Gaylesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35984. The Survey maps it on the Jamestown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1893 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
494 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 494 fires within 5 miles of Five Points between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,472 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 329 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 | 329 |
| Debris and open burning | 103 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CHATTOOGA005 |
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CHATTOOGA-018 |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20150923-002 |
| 20 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Berry Springs | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Burgess | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Grover | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| New Moon | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Jamestown | 6.9 miles | 18 | |
| Starkville (historical) | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| Rhinehart | 8.3 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 136891. 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.