BlockHector, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fitzpatrick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36029. The Survey maps it on the China Grove quadrangle.
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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS China Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
54 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Hector between 1995 and 2020, burning about 771 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 77 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2000 | Natural | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hector in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2017: 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Hector | $5,000 | The tornado touched down briefly about two miles north of the Shopton community. Several trees were snapped or uprooted. |
| January 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Hector | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northwest Bullock County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 90 mph. The tornado touched down .6 mile west of the town of Shopton, just south of U.S. Highway 82, where one home suffered damage. The tornado tracked northeast and produced tree damage. The tornado lifted 1.5 miles northeast of Shopton, just east of CR 37. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shopton | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Simsville | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Bruceville | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| McGowan | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| High Ridge | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Hillard | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cornerstone | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Hooks Crossroads | 5.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156464. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.