BlockGrove Hill, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Uriah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36480. It stands on Fletcher Branch. The Survey maps it on the Gainestown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Gainestown quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Atmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
57 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Grove Hill between 1995 and 2019, burning about 1,445 acres in total. 2 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190914-4 |
| 2 August 2010 | Natural | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2006 | Natural | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 1996 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 150 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eliska | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Homewood | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Chrysler | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Mineola | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Palmers Crossroads | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Jeddo | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Manistee | 9.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 119444. 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.