BlockPisgah, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pine Level census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36036. The Survey maps it on the Ansley quadrangle. It stands 492 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Ansley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
60 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Pisgah between 1994 and 2019, burning about 529 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20150906-001 |
| 3 September 2014 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20140903-002 |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 32 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-29 |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20150920-001 |
| 18 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20130918-002 |
| 17 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20140917-002 |
| 31 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | COLLIER ROAD, AL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center Point | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Friendship | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Currys | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Dublin | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Grady | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Meadville | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Pine Level | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Taylor | 6.3 miles | 8 |
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 Q31812787 | 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 156904. 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.