BlockWheeler Dam Subdivision, Alabama
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Town Creek-Courtland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35672. It lies near Tick Island (historical). The Survey maps it on the Rogersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1914 USGS Rogersville quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Rogersville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Thorntontown quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Rogersville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Rogersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Wheeler Dam Subdivision between 1994 and 2016, burning about 442 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freeman Acres | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Wheeler Dam Village | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Red Bank | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Fishermans Resort | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Lennon Hill | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Rocky Hill (historical) | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Rocky Hill | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Town Creek | 7.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 128831. 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.