BlockMassillon, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Orrville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36759. The Survey maps it on the Browns quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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
- 1968 USGS Browns quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Selma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Massillon between 1994 and 2019, burning about 324 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20120915-001 |
| 28 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140824-001 |
| 22 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190822-2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Marion Junction | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Browns | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Harrell | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Bellevue | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Trinity | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Bogue Chitto | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Salem | 6.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156667. 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.