BlockSardis, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Inverness census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36089. The Survey maps it on the Almeria quadrangle.
On record in Sardis
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Sardis Baptist Churchlisted 2001 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Almeria quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
121 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Sardis between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,191 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 35 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 | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190930-8 |
| 20 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 2019 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190801-1 |
| 5 July 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tito | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Bread Tray Hill | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Stavo | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Aberfoil | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Jenkins Crossroads | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Bruceville | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Union Springs | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Inverness | 5.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 126398. 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.