BlockFreetown, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Uniontown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36786. The Survey maps it on the Uniontown West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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
- 1968 USGS Uniontown West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Selma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Freetown between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,231 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190904-4 |
| 4 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 32 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1994 | Smoking | 45 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2016 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160911-2 |
| 10 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170804-2 |
| 30 August 2000 | Smoking | 75 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellawhite | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| The Village | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Uniontown | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Rabbityard | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Hillcrest | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Tayloe | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Sugarville | 10.6 miles | 9 | |
| Vaiden | 11.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 149822. 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.