BlockPadgett, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Princeton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35751. It lies near Toney Gulf. The Survey maps it on the Hollytree quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1888 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1936 USGS Hollytree quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Hollytree quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Hollytree quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Padgett (historical) between 1998 and 2019, burning about 454 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 1999 | Debris and open burning | 70 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 105 LARIET DRIVE, AL |
| 29 May 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CR 65, AL |
| 7 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 March 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 63 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollytree | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Princeton | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Beachboro (historical) | 5.7 miles | 22 | |
| Trenton | 5.9 miles | 25 | |
| Little Nashville | 6.1 miles | 22 | |
| Larkins Fork (historical) | 6.5 miles | 22 | |
| Garth | 6.5 miles | 25 | |
| Swaim | 6.7 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 139244. 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.