BlockScratch Hill, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the York census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36925. The Survey maps it on the York quadrangle.
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.
- 1953 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS York quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
44 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Scratch Hill between 1994 and 2019, burning about 607 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None was 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 | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 1995 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160910-10 |
| 26 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2012 | Natural | 24 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20120708-001 |
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 157031. 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.