BlockPickett, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Midway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36005. The Survey maps it on the Perote quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Perote quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
111 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Pickett between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,923 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 29 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 | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190927-18 |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190923-16 |
| 17 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160830-3 |
| 28 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140828-001 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smuteye | 1.3 miles | 7 | |
| Ox Level | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Pine Grove | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Perote | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Blues Old Stand | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Jamback | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Scottland | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Inverness | 6.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156881. 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.