BlockFive Points, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Boligee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35443. It lies near Trimble Hill. The Survey maps it on the Forkland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1947 USGS Forkland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Forkland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
73 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Five Points between 1994 and 2019, burning about 316 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 23 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 | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150926-001 |
| 23 September 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190808-2 |
| 1 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150731-002 |
| 3 July 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Five Points: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Thetford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hycutt | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Boligee | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Braggville | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Fowler | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Allison | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Lizzieville | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Thornhill | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Miller | 4.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156353. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.