BlockHigh Point, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Albertville-Boaz census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35950. It stands on Little Branch. The Survey maps it on the Douglas quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 22 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.
- 1885 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS High Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of High Point between 1994 and 2019, burning about 143 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-10 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-25 |
| 26 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20140926-001 |
| 24 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 3106 CR 205, AL |
| 19 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Oak | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Lattiwood | 2.1 miles | 22 | |
| Rabbit Town | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Horton | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Hyatt | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Street (historical) | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Gregory (historical) | 3.9 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 120061. 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.