BlockWende, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hurtsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36860. The Survey maps it on the Hatchechubbee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Hatchechubbee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
218 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 218 fires within 5 miles of Wende between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,341 acres in total. None started naturally. 67 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 | 93 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 67 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 1999 | Smoking | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160927-12 |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-27 |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Wende: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurtsboro Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hatchechubbee | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Hurtsboro | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Rutherford | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Colbert | 5.7 miles | 20 | |
| Persons | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Uchee | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Hooks | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Dudleys | 8.1 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157233. 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.