BlockMidway, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Wedowee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36274. The Survey maps it on the Wedowee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1899 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
120 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 1994 and 2019, burning about 821 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 22 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 | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2019 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190913-16 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 140238. 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.