BlockGaston, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the York census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36922. It stands on Polecat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gaston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Meridian quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Gaston quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Gaston between 1995 and 2020, burning about 557 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 2000 | Natural | 220 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 433 SHELTON ROAD, AL |
| 25 May 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160410-14 |
| 10 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derby | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Ward | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Charles | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Intercourse | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Kinterbish | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Siloam | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Standard | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Scratch Hill | 6.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156397. 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.