BlockMountain Grove, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Blountsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35031. The Survey maps it on the Blountsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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 Blountsville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Blountsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
80 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Grove between 1997 and 2019, burning about 438 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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 | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 1998 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | BLOSSOM LANE, AL |
| 18 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20150914-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mountain Grove: 1 unknown. 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blountsville | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Pine Acres | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Chamblees Mill | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Gum Springs | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Joy | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Fowler Spring | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Sky Ball | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Blue Springs | 4.7 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 123514. 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.