Lasca, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sweet Water census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36784. The Survey maps it on the Nanafalia quadrangle. It stands 223 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Nanafalia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Selma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
50 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Lasca between 1994 and 2019, burning about 744 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190903-4 |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190928-6 |
| 28 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.9 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 80 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190816-3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lasca in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2016: 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2016 | Hail | Lasca | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Lasca | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hotamville | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| McNeiders (historical) | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Nicholsville | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Putnam | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Hoboken | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Hornsboro (historical) | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Exmoor | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Coxheath | 5.5 miles | 10 |
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 Lasca | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6492828 | 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 121403. 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.
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.




