BlockNeedmore, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Mount Hope census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35651. It stands on Rock Springs Branch. The Survey maps it on the Landersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1936 USGS Landersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1936 USGS Moulton quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Mt Hope quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Mt Hope quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Landersville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Landersville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
45 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Needmore between 1995 and 2016, burning about 449 acres in total. None started naturally. 28 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 21 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 22 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20150709-001 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hope | 0.4 miles | 18 | |
| Camp Spring (historical) | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Hickory Grove | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Landersville | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Concord | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Flat Rock | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Youngtown | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Oak Grove | 6.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160221. 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.