BlockMollie, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Lisman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36912. It stands on Eureka Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lisman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Meridian quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Lisman quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:100000, 3 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 Mollie between 1994 and 2019, burning about 656 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140801-003 |
| 3 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20120808-001 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cromwell | 0.9 miles | 8 | |
| Halsell | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Chapel Hill | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Lisman | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Pushmataha | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Jachin | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Yantley | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Robjohn | 7.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 122937. 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.