BlockFoxchase, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Pike Road census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36064. The Survey maps it on the Mount Meigs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mount Meigs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Mount Meigs SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Mount Meigs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
51 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Foxchase between 1995 and 2018, burning about 615 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 1200 BLOCK OF WARES FERRY ROAD, AL |
| 3 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foxwood | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Foxwood Trace | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Timberlane | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Ranchette Estates | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pike Road | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Merry | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Perrys Mill | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Freeport | 3.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 142549. 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.