BlockGum Spring, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Falkville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35640. It lies near Cedar Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Somerville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1888 USGS Cullman quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Cullman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Somerville quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Somerville quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
112 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Gum Spring between 1993 and 2019, burning about 881 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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 | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180906-1 |
| 6 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turney Crossroads | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Mount Tabor | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Somerville | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Pence | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Stringer | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Six Mile | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Henderson | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Union | 4.5 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156440. 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.