BlockWards Mill, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the La Fayette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36855. The Survey maps it on the Fredonia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1907 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Fredonia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
105 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Wards Mill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 645 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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 | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.1 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | WEST SIDE OF COOSA RIVER, AL |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190929-7 |
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160925-15 |
| 23 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170823-2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fredonia | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Five Points | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| White Plains | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Denson | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Buffalo | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Rollins | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Chapel Hill | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Stroud | 5.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157215. 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.