BlockStonewall, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Selma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36701. The Survey maps it on the Summerfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Summerfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Summerfield SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Summerfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Summerfield quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
80 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Stonewall between 1994 and 2020, burning about 377 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.3 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140927-002 |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190922-1 |
| 2 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140912-001 |
| 6 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 1736 CO RD 272, AL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summerfield | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Valley Grande | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Valley Creek Junction | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Plantersville | 8.8 miles | 17 | |
| Pernell | 9.5 miles | 13 | |
| Potter | 9.9 miles | 15 | |
| Burnsville | 10.0 miles | 12 | |
| Manila | 10.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160681. 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.