BlockPostoak, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Inverness census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36089. It stands on Beaverdam Creek. The Survey maps it on the Almeria quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Almeria quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Postoak between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,587 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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 | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20130903-001 |
| 20 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 July 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20120701-001 |
| 9 June 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Postoak in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Postoak | - | This tornado is a continuation from a track surveyed in Pike County. The tornado crossed into southwest Bullock County near County Road 69. The tornado continued northeast crossing County Road 15, where maximum winds reached 75 mph. The tornado dissipated just east of County Road 8. The damage along the path consisted mainly of downed large tree limbs. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beans Crossroads | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Almeria | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Omega | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Jenkins Crossroads | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Hooks Crossroads | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Inverness | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Sellers Crossroads | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Hillard | 4.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156923. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.