BlockProvidence, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Woodland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36280. It stands on Coppers Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Graham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1899 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Graham quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Graham quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
157 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Providence between 1994 and 2020, burning about 978 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 36 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 | 69 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160905-4 |
| 29 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160923-12 |
| 23 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO.RD.59, AL |
| 16 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190916-15 |
| 16 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 135803. 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.