BlockThomas Place, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Falkville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35179. It lies near Thomas Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Falkville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1888 USGS Cullman quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Cullman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1927 USGS Falkville quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Falkville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Falkville quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
85 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Thomas Place between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,005 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180904-5 |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160924-16 |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180922-10 |
| 19 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180917-1 |
| 17 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Plains | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Lebanon | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Massey | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Camp Ground | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Bell Springs | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Lacon | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Andrews Chapel | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Wilhites | 5.4 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157151. 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.