BlockTew, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Clio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36017. It stands on Tew Branch. The Survey maps it on the Texasville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Texasville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Clopton quadrangle1:50000
Fires near this place
40 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Tew between 1994 and 2019, burning about 683 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160905-2 |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 101 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190921-5 |
| 19 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 June 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 June 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Gum Corners (historical) | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Blue Springs | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Spio (historical) | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Texasville | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Tyler Crossroads | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Edgefield | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Teals Crossroads | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Lindsey | 8.2 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1805357. 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.