BlockThompson, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Union Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36089. The Survey maps it on the Thompson quadrangle. It stands 282 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
- 1971 USGS Thompson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Thompson between 1994 and 2019, burning about 385 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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 | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-34 |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 2019 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190801-1 |
| 1 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 June 1998 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 June 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Thompson: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bul 1 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornerstone | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Fitzpatrick | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Sedgefield | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Union Springs | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Simsville | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Bruceville | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Hector | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Sardis | 7.2 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 Thompson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17199122 | 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 127884. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.