BlockHestle, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pine Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36769. The Survey maps it on the Thomasville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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
- 1973 USGS Thomasville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Monroeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
68 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Hestle between 1994 and 2020, burning about 482 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 19 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 | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.8 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20130920-002 |
| 15 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150915-001 |
| 1 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | OAK GROVE ST, AL |
| 29 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hestle: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Bromine. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G.W. Morgan Estate Well Number 1 | Bromine | Occurrence | 1945 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny South | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Culpeper | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Pine Hill | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| MacMillan | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Lower Peach Tree | 7.5 miles | 7 | |
| Kimbrough | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Sheppard | 7.9 miles | 7 | |
| Yellow Bluff | 8.9 miles | 7 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122593664 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156469. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.