BlockSuspension, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Midway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36089. The Survey maps it on the Roba quadrangle. It stands 417 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Roba quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
97 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Suspension between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,037 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 25 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 | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160930-9 |
| 29 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190929-16 |
| 16 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 2000 | Natural | 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peachburg | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Chunnenuggee | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Guerryton | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Enon | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Sedgefield | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Three Notch | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Union Springs | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Midway | 8.9 miles | 8 |
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 Suspension | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q23074307 | 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 157130. 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.