BlockShoemaker Springs, Alabama
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Salem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35614. It stands on Maple Swamp Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cairo 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 15 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.
- 1936 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
58 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Shoemaker Springs (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 313 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180904-4 |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-28 |
| 26 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2005 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Grove | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Lentzville | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Blue Springs Park | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Elk Estates | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Cairo | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Coxey | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Hickory Hills | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Poplar Creek | 4.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 138693. 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.