BlockTroy, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the York census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36925. It sits by Black Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Whitfield quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Meridian quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Whitfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Troy (historical) between 1995 and 2016, burning about 177 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140903-001 |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150524-001 |
| 23 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150523-002 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitfield | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Persimmon Grove | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Derby | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Bellamy | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Coatopa | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Arrington (historical) | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Lilita | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Dug Hill | 9.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 134276. 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.