BlockHornsboro, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Sweet Water census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36782. It stands on Sweetwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Putnam quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Meridian quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Putnam quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Hornsboro (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 698 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 29 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 80 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190708-3 |
| 11 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190711-4 |
| 1 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Putnam | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Nanafalia | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Barrons (historical) | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Lasca | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| McNeiders (historical) | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Coxheath | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Hotamville | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Geneva | 7.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1730251. 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.