BlockSteele Crossing, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the New Market census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35761. The Survey maps it on the New Market quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1888 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1936 USGS New Market quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New Market quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS New Market quadrangle1:24000, 2 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
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
137 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Steele Crossing between 1997 and 2020, burning about 380 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 | 93 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roseboro | 0.6 miles | 20 | |
| Plevna | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Hillsboro | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Fairview | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Mint Spring | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| New Market | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Union Grove | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Walnut Grove | 5.1 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157109. 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.