BlockStage Coach Woods, Alabama
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Mount Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36521. The Survey maps it on the Mount Vernon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1943 USGS Citronelle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Citronelle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Citronelle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
299 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 299 fires within 5 miles of Stage Coach Woods between 1994 and 2020, burning about 8,221 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 185 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 | 185 |
| Debris and open burning | 71 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140907-001 |
| 27 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150902-002 |
| 2 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150902-003 |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 128 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150915-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Stage Coach Woods: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maples Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bucks | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Barry Village | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Pineola | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Chastang | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Turnerville | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Salco | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Movico | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Lambert Grove | 4.4 miles | 16 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122572325 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 143837. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.