BlockLewis, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Echo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36350. It stands on Melvin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Echo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Echo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
40 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Lewis between 1996 and 2020, burning about 246 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190907-3 |
| 20 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180920-3 |
| 9 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200809-6 |
| 30 July 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO.RD. 655, AL |
| 19 July 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190630-1 |
| 30 June 1998 | Natural | 63 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Crossroad | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Snow Hill | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Sylvan Grove | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Echo | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Ewell | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Midland City | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Mabson | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Napier Field | 6.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 121512. 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.