BlockMansfield, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Sulligent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35586. It stands on Little Yellow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bluff quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Bluff quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
54 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Mansfield between 1994 and 2020, burning about 816 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 16 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 108 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blooming Grove | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Beaverton | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Moscow | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Crews | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Crossville | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Sulligent | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| Vernon | 9.8 miles | 12 | |
| Pine Springs | 11.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 132786. 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.