BlockPea Ridge, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Berry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35546. The Survey maps it on the Berry quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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 Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Berry quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
124 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Pea Ridge between 1994 and 2018, burning about 1,888 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 70 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 | 70 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 24 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 631 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 142 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | THE CHRISTIAN FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pea Ridge: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alta | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Cleveland | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Studdards Crossroads | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Berry | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Salem | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Fowlers Crossroads | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Bankston | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Boley Springs | 7.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 124523. 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.