BlockGriffins, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Demopolis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36732. It stands on Sixmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Myrtlewood North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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
- 1970 USGS Myrtlewood North quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Selma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Griffins (historical) between 2002 and 2016, burning about 70 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150504-002 |
| 31 May 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 April 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140413-004 |
| 21 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20120321-002 |
| 5 November 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20161110-45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McNeils (historical) | 0.8 miles | 9 | |
| Beckleys (historical) | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Robinson (historical) | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Blue Lock (historical) | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Pin Hook | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Jefferson | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Myrtlewood | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Hill Top | 5.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1730249. 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.