BlockSachs Bottoms, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Addison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35572. It stands on Hullett Branch. The Survey maps it on the Black Pond quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Black Pond quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Black Pond quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
187 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Sachs Bottoms (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,749 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 117 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 117 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | CHAMPION |
| 5 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | PINETUCKEY |
| 5 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | WILBURN FORD #2 |
| 4 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 31 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180904-2 |
| 4 September 1999 | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corinth (historical) | 1.1 miles | 11 | |
| Lakeshore | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Houston | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Curtis Crossroads | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Robinson Bottoms (historical) | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Fairview | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Barnett Chapel | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Black Pond | 4.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2680950. 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.