BlockWard Acres, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dothan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36301. It stands on Cypress Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dothan West quadrangle.
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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Dothan West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
72 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Ward Acres between 1995 and 2019, burning about 291 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 July 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis | 1.3 miles | 8 | |
| Newton | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Wiregrass Hills | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Roland | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Keytons | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Mullins | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Spring Valley Acres | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Rehobeth | 3.0 miles | 8 |
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 Q122558820 | 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 132424. 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.