BlockValley Grove, Alabama
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tri-Cities census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35674. The Survey maps it on the Leighton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1924 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:48000
- 1924 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1936 USGS Leighton quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Leighton 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
- 1971 USGS Leighton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
123 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Valley Grove between 1994 and 2020, burning about 545 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 25 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 | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160909-9 |
| 9 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160924-4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emco-Listerhill Junction | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Hobgood | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Cave Spring | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Houston Corner | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Norala Junction | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| James | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Spring Valley | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Jackson Heights | 3.7 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 133060. 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.