BlockTeals Crossroads, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Clio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36311. The Survey maps it on the Clio quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Clio quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
71 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Teals Crossroads between 1994 and 2020, burning about 727 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 101 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190921-5 |
| 20 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20150920-001 |
| 18 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akinsville | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Blue Springs | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Tyler Crossroads | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Elamville | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Clio | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Coal Springs (historical) | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Doster | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Bethel | 6.1 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.
| Wikidata item Q60747372 | 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 157147. 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.