BlockKlondike, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Brookwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35490. It stands on Jimy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brookwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 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.
- 1899 USGS Brookwood quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1929 USGS Searles quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Searles quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Brookwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
74 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Klondike between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,147 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 25 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 | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 27 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160906-2 |
| 30 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2016 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160926-8 |
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 125 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Brookwood | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Brookwood | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| North Alabama Junction | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| Howton | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Searles | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Pattersontown | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Kellerman | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Burchfield | 5.5 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156569. 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.