BlockMcGowan, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fitzpatrick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36029. The Survey maps it on the China Grove 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS China Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of McGowan between 1994 and 2020, burning about 902 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 17 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 | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20150920-002 |
| 8 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20150810-001 |
| 10 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20150810-002 |
| 7 July 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 July 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Ridge | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Shopton | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Hector | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Hillard | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Simsville | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Hooks Crossroads | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Bruceville | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Almeria | 5.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 135236. 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.