BlockFive Points, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Madrid census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36375. The Survey maps it on the Madrid quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Madrid quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
78 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Five Points between 1993 and 2019, burning about 357 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | PARKVIEW RD 1308 (32) |
| 17 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140828-002 |
| 4 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190704-3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Garretts Crossroads | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| State Line | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Big Creek | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Southern Junction | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Hodgesville | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Sealy Springs | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Merritts Crossroads | 5.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118330. 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.