BlockGordonsville, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Benton-Collirene census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36785. It stands on Halls Branch. The Survey maps it on the Gordonsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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
- 1981 USGS Gordonsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
113 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Gordonsville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,526 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 | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-3 |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1995 | Smoking | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gordonsville in 2 storm reports between 1996 and 2007: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1996 | Tornado (F2) | Gordonsville | 2 hurt, $100,000 | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordonsville | $2,000 | Numerous trees were blown down and blocked the road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordonville | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Mosses | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Beechwood | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Collirene | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Hicks Hill | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Willing | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Fostoria | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Trickem | 7.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156419. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.