BlockFoley Recreational Vehicle Park, Alabama
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Foley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36535. The Survey maps it on the Gulf Shores quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1921 USGS Bon Secour quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Foley quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Foley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Gulf Shores quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
75 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Foley Recreational Vehicle Park between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,209 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 14 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140903-002 |
| 3 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150827-001 |
| 8 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 26 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Foley Recreational Vehicle Park: 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin County Gibbsite Sand | Aluminum | Prospect | 1958 | |
| Blackwell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foley | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Swift | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Oak | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Blue Grass Recreational Vehicle Park | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Miflin | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Bon Secour | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Magnolia Springs | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Elberta | 5.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2579815. 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.