BlockKirks Grove, Alabama
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Spring Garden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35960. It stands on Ballplay Creek. The Survey maps it on the Melson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1886 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Melson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
228 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of Kirks Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,677 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 153 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 153 |
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 31 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 33 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FLOYD-017 |
| 25 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160925-10 |
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kirks Grove: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kirks Grove in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirks Grove | $2,000 | A barn sustained roof damage and a home had damage to the porch and underpinning along County Road 29. A home sustained significant roof damage along County Road 783. Several trees were downed in Centre and points east. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirks Grove | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed along County Road 255. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grantville (historical) | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Waterhouse | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Oceola | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Alexis | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Alpine Shores | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Farill | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Sterling (historical) | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Hall Valley | 4.6 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122595896 | 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 121258. 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.
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.