BlockPierceton, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Paint Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35776. The Survey maps it on the Lim Rock 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 21 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 Lim Rock quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Lim Rock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Lim Rock 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
25 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Pierceton (historical) between 1996 and 2017, burning about 166 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160909-10 |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160922-2 |
| 21 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160921-3 |
| 27 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wininger | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Little Nashville | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Letcher | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Trenton | 3.1 miles | 25 | |
| Lim Rock | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Larkinsville | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Garth | 5.6 miles | 25 | |
| Hollytree | 5.7 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 149589. 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.