BlockTheo, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Sprott census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36756. It stands on Camp Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sprott quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Sprott quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Sprott quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
81 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Theo between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,857 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 16 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 | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190926-15 |
| 25 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO ROAD 90, AL |
| 2 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Natural | 25 acres | National Forests in Alabama | BULL BAT ROAD |
| 31 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | DOZER |
| 29 August 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2019 | Natural | 31 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190820-4 |
| 2 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 162696. 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.