BlockMisty Harbor, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Bremen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35057. It stands on Reid Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trimble quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1888 USGS Cullman quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Cullman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Trimble quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
93 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Misty Harbor between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,307 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 24 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 | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20140924-003 |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160919-1 |
| 15 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 890 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dodge City | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Loretto | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Bremen | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Brushy Pond | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Damascus | 4.6 miles | 23 | |
| Trimble | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| The Colony | 5.8 miles | 23 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 6.1 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.
| Wikidata item Q122565118 | 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 163777. 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.