BlockHickory Grove, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Mount Hope census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35651. It stands on Stinson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Landersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1936 USGS Landersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1936 USGS Moulton quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Mt Hope quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Mt Hope quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Landersville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Landersville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
53 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Hickory Grove between 1995 and 2016, burning about 286 acres in total. None started naturally. 41 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | RIDGE ROAD |
| 19 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | WILDERNESS |
| 15 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20120825-001 |
| 18 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 21 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 22 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | BYLER #1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Spring (historical) | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Hope | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Youngtown | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Needmore | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Landersville | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Muck City | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Concord | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Hepsidam | 7.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159763. 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.