BlockPort Royal, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Sawyerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36776. It stands on Limestone Creek. The Survey maps it on the Melton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Melton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
31 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Port Royal between 1994 and 2018, burning about 208 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20130827-001 |
| 2 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO RD 73 & 35, AL |
| 18 June 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 May 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO RD 17 SAWYERVILLE, AL |
| 16 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170416-6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millwood | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Gilmore Quarters | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Lock Five | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Cedarville | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Casemore | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Arcola | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Grove | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Melton | 7.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 139044. 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.