BlockGorgas, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Samantha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35475. The Survey maps it on the Berry SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Berry SE quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
2 photographs, 1939Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
60 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Gorgas between 1994 and 2020, burning about 421 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 | Natural | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190801-4 |
| 3 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20120703-007 |
| 1 July 2007 | Natural | 4.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Lexington | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Skelton Bend Estates | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Windham Springs | 6.4 miles | 20 | |
| Samantha | 6.8 miles | 18 | |
| Searcy Farms | 8.0 miles | 18 | |
| Wiley | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Sandtown | 8.1 miles | 17 | |
| North River Shores | 8.5 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 148189. 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.