BlockNeman, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Eclectic census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36078. The Survey maps it on the Tallassee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1906 USGS Dadeville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Tallassee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
159 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Neman between 1994 and 2016, burning about 1,245 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 21 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 | 70 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20120927-002 |
| 2 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Neman in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neman | 1 hurt | Cinder block wall collapsed and fell on woman causing one injury. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good Hope | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Butts Mill | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Floyd | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Burlington (historical) | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Chana Creek | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Friendship | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Kent | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Glendale Acres | 3.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 123702. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.