BlockShepherd Hill, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pike Road census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36052. The Survey maps it on the Teasleys Mill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Teasleys Mill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Shepherd Hill between 1997 and 2020, burning about 340 acres in total. 1 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 | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20120926-001 |
| 18 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.1 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190918-6 |
| 10 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 June 2007 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 May 2000 | Smoking | 7.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mamie | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Canty | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Carters Hill | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Teasleys Mill | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Downing | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| London | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Mathews | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Davis Crossroads | 6.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157049. 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.