BlockNelson, Alabama
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36863. It stands on Little Osanippa Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lanett South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1907 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Lanett South quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
141 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Nelson between 1994 and 2020, burning about 986 acres in total. None started naturally. 43 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 | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | VETEREANS MEMORIAL PKWY, AL |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
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 123691. 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.