BlockVaughn, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Stockton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36579. It stands on Watson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vaughn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1943 USGS Tensaw quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Tensaw quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Vaughn quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Atmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
186 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Vaughn between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,318 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 69 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 69 |
| Debris and open burning | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150907-001 |
| 6 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190906-23 |
| 6 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20130904-001 |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150921-002 |
| 25 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150814-002 |
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 Vaughn: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stockton Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vaughn in 2 storm reports between 2005 and 2007: 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 2007 | Flash Flood | Vaughn | - | Rainfall estimates of 5 to 7 inches caused street flooding across the north central part of the county. Several roads had to be closed for a couple of hours due to high water in them. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Vaughn | - | no account filed |
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 128419. 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.
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.