BlockStewartville, Alabama
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Waterloo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35633. The Survey maps it on the Threet quadrangle. It stands 712 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1924 USGS Gravelly Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Gravelly Springs quadrangle1:48000
- 1926 USGS Gravelly Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Threet quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Threet quadrangle1:24000, 4 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
- 1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
224 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Stewartville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,396 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 111 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 | 111 |
| Debris and open burning | 66 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190930-21 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Stewartville: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melvin (historical) | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Kendell (historical) | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Threet | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Murphy Cross Roads | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Dart | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Gravelly Springs | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Sullivan Crossroads | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Cloverdale | 5.2 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Stewartville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7616029 | 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 142208. 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.