BlockMount Nebo, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Sardis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36775. The Survey maps it on the Blackwell Bend quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Selma quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Selma SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Selma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Blackwell Bend quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
66 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Mount Nebo between 1995 and 2020, burning about 692 acres in total. 1 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 | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190906-8 |
| 4 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190930-9 |
| 26 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 5027 CO.ROAD 77, AL |
| 25 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-2 |
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 123261. 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.