BlockLoper, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Millry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36558. It stands on North Prong Taylors Creek. The Survey maps it on the Millry South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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 Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Millry South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Waynesboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
94 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Loper between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,131 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 21 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 | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2000 | Natural | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190918-3 |
| 16 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loper in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2021: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loper | - | High winds downed trees in Yarbo. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loper | - | Strong winds from a thunderstorm downed trees onto 2 homes and one mobile home near the intersection of Highway 17 and Barlow Road. Numerous other trees were uprooted. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barlow | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Yarbo | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Fitee | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Millry | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Healing Springs | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Carpenter | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Koenton | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Ellisville | 5.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 122029. 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.