BlockMcEntyre, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Thomasville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36524. It stands on Little Harris Creek. The Survey maps it on the McEntyre quadrangle. It stands 236 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS McEntyre quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Monroeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of McEntyre between 1995 and 2020, burning about 306 acres in total. 2 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 May 2018 | Natural | 40 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180527-1 |
| 27 May 2018 | Natural | 125 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180527-2 |
| 27 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170527-2 |
| 14 May 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200514-4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center Point | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Chilton | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Clarksville | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Smyer | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Opine | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Coffeeville | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Campbell | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Tattlersville | 8.2 miles | 12 |
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 McEntyre | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6801090 | 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 156686. 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.