BlockHubbertville, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Winfield-Glen Allen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35555. It stands on Boxes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hubbertville quadrangle. It stands 427 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.
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Hubbertville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
62 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Hubbertville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 546 acres in total. None 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 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-15 |
| 15 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 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 Hubbertville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubberville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fowlers Crossroads | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Stewart | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Bazemore | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Bobo | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Studdards Crossroads | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Kirkland | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Wayside | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| Bluff | 8.8 miles | 11 |
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 Hubbertville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5926961 | 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 120496. 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.