Nichols, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Centreville-Brent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35034. The Survey maps it on the Heiberger quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Nichols within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Heiberger quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
2002 USGS Heiberger quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

78 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Nichols (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,578 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 26 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	26
Debris and open burning	14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Natural	10
Recreation and ceremony	6
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Smoking	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Fireworks	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 2002	Smoking	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	25 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	70 acres	National Forests in Alabama	NO HELP
25 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	RABBIT ROAD-BRENT, AL
13 September 1997	Natural	10 acres	National Forests in Alabama	LIGHTNING #1
11 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 1995	Natural	40 acres	National Forests in Alabama	QUICK
22 August 1995	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Harrisburg	2.7 miles	11
Abercrombie	4.6 miles	11
Pondville	5.3 miles	11
Duff Settlement	5.3 miles	11
Goodson	6.1 miles	11
Jamesville	6.5 miles	11
Spencer	7.0 miles	11
Mertz	7.8 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1952359. 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.