BlockGosa, Alabama
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Eutaw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35462. The Survey maps it on the Warrior Dam quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1927 USGS Eutaw quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Eutaw quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Warrior Dam quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
70 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Gosa between 1994 and 2020, burning about 838 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150925-003 |
| 23 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200918-2 |
| 13 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CR 43, AL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McClure | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Eutaw | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Walden Quarters | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Allison | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Clinton | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Lizzieville | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Union | 10.2 miles | 14 | |
| Crawford Fork | 10.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156420. 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.