BlockWhites Bluff, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Orrville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36767. It sits by Whites Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Orrville 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.
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Selma quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Selma SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Selma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Orrville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
72 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Whites Bluff between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,164 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190928-2 |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.3 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160924-11 |
| 24 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160924-2 |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 31 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Points | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Tasso | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Orrville | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Hazen | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Cahaba | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Beloit | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Crumptonia | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Pinebelt | 6.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 146106. 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.