BlockHooks, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cottonton-Seale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36871. The Survey maps it on the Pittsview quadrangle. It stands 322 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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
- 1957 USGS Pittsview quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
196 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Hooks between 1994 and 2019, burning about 6,495 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 57 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 | 66 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Smoking | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CR 17 OFF HWY 80, AL |
| 14 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160727-4 |
| 22 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20150722-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hooks in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 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 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Hooks | - | A debris signature from the Maxwell Doppler Radar (KMXX) prompted a storm survey in this very rural portion of Russell County. The majority of the debris signature was over inaccessible and waterlogged land. The tornado did snap and uproot numerous trees as it crossed Perry`s Well Road and in the surrounding forest. The path length is approximate due to lack of roads and inaccessibility. Estimated peak wind was 95 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | 1.5 miles | 8 | |
| Pittsview | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Rutherford | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Glennville | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Hatchechubbee | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hirsch | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Villula | 6.3 miles | 20 | |
| Colbert | 6.3 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Hooks | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18349986 | 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 156491. 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.