BlockMeeksville, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Needmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36081. The Survey maps it on the Ansley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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
- 1968 USGS Ansley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
76 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Meeksville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 851 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190923-5 |
| 15 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 22 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190915-2 |
| 8 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200808-5 |
| 3 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2000 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO RD 7718, AL |
| 21 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Meeksville: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Curry | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Friendship | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Orion | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Needmore | 3.6 miles | 7 | |
| Lees Park | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Shellhorn | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 5.1 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122546923 | 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 122631. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.