BlockParkmanville, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Crawford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36875. It stands on Island Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crawford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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 Seale quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Crawford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Seale quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Crawford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Seale quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
121 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Parkmanville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 797 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 13 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 | 62 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160906-1 |
| 2 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 58 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 2019 | Natural | 26 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190814-1 |
| 27 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 7 LITTLE LAKE ROAD, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Parkmanville: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ditch & Trenching Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122598670 | 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 133299. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.