BlockFlatwood, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Silas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36919. It stands on McNish Branch. The Survey maps it on the Coffeeville Lock And Dam quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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 Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Coffeeville Lock And Dam quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Waynesboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
82 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Flatwood between 1994 and 2019, burning about 609 acres in total. None 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190928-5 |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150916-001 |
| 4 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 Flatwood: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zeolites, Fullers Earth, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cho 1 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Tallahatta Claystone, Silas | Zeolites, Fullers Earth | Prospect | BEDDED |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrytown | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Womack Hill | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Bladon Springs | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Souwilpa | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Bolinger | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Silas | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Old Samuel | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Cullomburg | 6.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 140001. 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.