BlockParadise Points, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Leighton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35661. It stands on McKiernan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Killen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1914 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Killen quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Killen quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Killen quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
136 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Paradise Points between 1994 and 2016, burning about 536 acres in total. None started naturally. 23 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 | 60 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160907-6 |
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | RIVER ROAD, AL |
| 28 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Shores | 0.2 miles | 18 | |
| Virginia Shores | 0.4 miles | 18 | |
| Peytona Points | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| Davidsons Cross Roads (historical) | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Ford City | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Wilson Lake Shores | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Bainbridge (historical) | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Nitrate City | 2.9 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122558624 | 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 124425. 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.