BlockTilden, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Carlowville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36761. The Survey maps it on the Tilden quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Carlowville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Selma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Tilden quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
38 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Tilden between 1994 and 2016, burning about 444 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20130907-005 |
| 7 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20130907-006 |
| 30 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.8 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140801-002 |
| 30 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO.32& SR 162, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tilden in 1 storm report in 2003: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Tilden | $1,000 | A small tornado left a half mile path in southern Dallas County in the area just north of Tilden. The tornado crossed SR 41, and damage was confined to downed trees.Beg: 32 04.743/87 08.596 End: 32 04.743/87 08.048 |
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 127978. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.