BlockMcNeiders, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Sweet Water census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36784. The Survey maps it on the Woods Bluff quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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
- 1972 USGS Woods Bluff quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Waynesboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of McNeiders (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 378 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 29 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190903-4 |
| 28 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.9 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190816-3 |
| 10 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Putnam | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Lasca | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Hotamville | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Hornsboro (historical) | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Nicholsville | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Hoboken | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Exmoor | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Coxheath | 8.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1730257. 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.