BlockSloss, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Dora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35062. The Survey maps it on the Sipsey quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 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.
- 1893 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Sipsey quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Sipsey quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Sipsey quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
248 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 248 fires within 5 miles of Sloss between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,592 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 109 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 109 |
| Debris and open burning | 95 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 68 SCOBEY LANE-DORA, AL |
| 30 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lorton | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Dora Junction | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Sumiton | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| Kershaw | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Dora | 1.7 miles | 24 | |
| Hull | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Rocky Hollow | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Oakahalla | 2.6 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 126978. 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.