BlockPortland, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Carlowville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36761. It stands on Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tasso quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Carlowville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Carlowville NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Selma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Tasso quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Portland between 1994 and 2019, burning about 608 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190908-4 |
| 8 September 1997 | Smoking | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20120816-001 |
| 11 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140801-002 |
| 9 July 2012 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20120709-003 |
| 29 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140729-001 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinebelt | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Ellis | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Tasso | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Elm Bluff | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Tilden | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Richmond | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Five Points | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Crumptonia | 7.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156921. 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.