BlockRice, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Arab census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35016. The Survey maps it on the Hulaco quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1888 USGS Cullman quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Cullman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Hulaco quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Hulaco quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Hulaco quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Hulaco quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Hulaco quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Rice between 1995 and 2019, burning about 163 acres in total. None 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160924-20 |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 26 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160615-2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May Apple (historical) | 0.3 miles | 20 | |
| Sunset Acres | 1.0 miles | 20 | |
| Pine Lake Village | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Hog Jaw | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Egypt | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Arab | 2.0 miles | 24 | |
| North Arab | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Eddy | 2.9 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156961. 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.