BlockPrairie Bluff, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Alberta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36728. It stands on Shell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Catherine quadrangle. It stands 141 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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
- 1974 USGS Catherine quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Selma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
49 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Prairie Bluff between 1996 and 2020, burning about 448 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160923-18 |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 29 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140805-002 |
| 4 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Millers Ferry | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Boiling Springs | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Midway | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Bethel | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Rehoboth | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Catherine | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Gastonburg | 5.4 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Prairie Bluff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7237817 | 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 156930. 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.