BlockSpur, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Billingsley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36067. The Survey maps it on the Vida 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
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1891 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Billingsley quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Billingsley SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Vida quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
215 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 215 fires within 5 miles of Spur (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,412 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 25 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 | 99 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-14 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-6 |
| 27 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 815 |
| 26 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 1931 BARRETT HILL LANE, AL |
| 19 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vida Junction | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Hillside (historical) | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Joffre | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Vida | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Haynes | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Old Kingston | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Independence | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Browntown | 4.5 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 147649. 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.