BlockPowellville, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Sipsey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35504. It sits by Banking Grounds. The Survey maps it on the Cold Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 20 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.
- 1893 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Cold Springs quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Cold Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
219 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 219 fires within 5 miles of Powellville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,583 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 60 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 | 73 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 60 |
| Debris and open burning | 59 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| 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 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 24 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160926-3 |
| 23 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160923-22 |
| 20 September 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180902-3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burrows Crossroads | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Red Rock | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Campbellville | 5.5 miles | 21 | |
| Boldo | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Sipsey | 5.8 miles | 21 | |
| Sunlight | 6.0 miles | 19 | |
| Coon Creek | 6.5 miles | 21 | |
| Curry | 6.8 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 125230. 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.