BlockOakmulgee, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Sprott census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36793. It stands on Pickett Branch. The Survey maps it on the Oakmulgee quadrangle. It stands 322 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Oakmulgee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Oakmulgee quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
64 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Oakmulgee between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,342 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1995 | Natural | 3.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | FRITH BRANCH #2 |
| 2 September 1995 | Natural | 3.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | FRITH BRANCH #1 |
| 2 September 1995 | Natural | 1.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | FRITH BRANCH #3 |
| 2 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | CIGAR |
| 8 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | SHANGLE BRANCH |
| 23 August 2007 | Natural | 72 acres | National Forests in Alabama | MEDLINE LIGHTNING |
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.
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 Oakmulgee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21196515 | 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 160283. 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.