BlockGibson, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pine Level census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36069. The Survey maps it on the Ramer 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Ramer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Gibson between 1994 and 2019, burning about 371 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20140903-002 |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.1 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190918-6 |
| 15 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadville | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Davis Crossroads | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Dublin | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Red Level | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Ramer | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Teasleys Mill | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Pine Level | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Pine Acres | 5.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156404. 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.