BlockWateroak, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Moundville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35474. The Survey maps it on the Hogglesville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hogglesville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Hogglesville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
80 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Wateroak between 1995 and 2020, burning about 2,121 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 20 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 | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 2011 | Natural | 6.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | HALF BAKED |
| 5 September 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | PENSON BALLARD |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | GEORGES |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | TRASHPILE |
| 13 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2017 | Natural | 403 acres | National Forests in Alabama | DEER PEN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogglesville | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Ingram | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Phipps | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Dominick | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Harper Hill | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Havana | 9.1 miles | 11 | |
| Cypress | 12.7 miles | 9 | |
| Powers | 12.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 161963. 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.