BlockThornton Springs, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Gilbertown-Toxey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36908. The Survey maps it on the Ararat quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Ararat quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Waynesboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
55 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Thornton Springs between 1994 and 2019, burning about 215 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | LENOIR LANDING RD., AL |
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150916-001 |
| 30 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | PLEASANT HILL RD, AL |
| 24 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190816-13 |
| 5 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20130718-001 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lou | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Wimbly | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Chappell Hill | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Womack Hill | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Barrytown | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Toxey | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hodgewood | 5.2 miles | 12 |
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 Q122551646 | 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 157153. 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.