BlockKings, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Thomaston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36783. The Survey maps it on the Thomaston East 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 9 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Thomaston East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Selma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Kings (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 575 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 28 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20120704-002 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wootens (historical) | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Consul | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| McKinley | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Old White Hall (historical) | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Thomaston | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Crenshaw (historical) | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hugo | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Lyon (historical) | 7.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1730254. 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.