BlockNatchez, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Beatrice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36425. The Survey maps it on the Natchez quadrangle. It stands 187 feet above sea level.
On record in Natchez
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
New Hope Baptist Churchlisted 2005 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Natchez quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Monroeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
61 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Natchez between 1994 and 2019, burning about 483 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160909-17 |
| 24 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190912-14 |
| 31 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2000 | Natural | 50 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 247 4TH STREET, AL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalem | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| River Ridge | 2.9 miles | 7 | |
| Beatrice | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Scotland | 4.2 miles | 7 | |
| Pineville | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Buena Vista | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Chestnut | 5.7 miles | 7 | |
| Tunnel Springs | 6.0 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Natchez | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17299862 | 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 156767. 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.