BlockSledge, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Livingston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35459. It stands on Looksookolo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Emelle 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 Emelle quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS De Kalb quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Sledge between 1995 and 2015, burning about 88 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 June 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 June 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 April 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sledge in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2023: 1 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Sledge | - | Significant flooding occurred during the early morning hours on July 13th across southern Sumter County. Vehicles were swept off roadways and a portion of I-20 was closed for several hours. Water entered many homes in the city of York and people were trapped in their homes and had to be rescued by swift water boats. No injuries or fatalities were reported. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Sledge | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emelle | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Bethel (historical) | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Hamner | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Sumterville | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Boyd | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| McCainville | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Payneville | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Parker | 8.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157074. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.