BlockSunshine, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Newbern census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36765. It stands on Whitsitt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newbern quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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
- 1980 USGS Newbern quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
49 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Sunshine between 1994 and 2016, burning about 298 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140930-001 |
| 30 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150925-002 |
| 21 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140921-001 |
| 18 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newbern | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Laneville | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Whitsitt | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Rosemary | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Oak Grove | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Casemore | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Cedarville | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Allenville | 7.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 139067. 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.