BlockSand Cut, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Chapman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36037. It stands on Sulphur Branch. The Survey maps it on the Greenville West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Greenville West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
139 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Sand Cut between 1994 and 2020, burning about 890 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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 | 49 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160905-3 |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190903-3 |
| 3 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190928-14 |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190923-18 |
| 23 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190920-7 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sand Cut: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolling | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Wald | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Shacklesville | 4.2 miles | 7 | |
| Liberty | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Reddock Springs | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Providence | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Beacon | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Saucer | 6.4 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 163367. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.