BlockWhitfield, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Athens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35613. It stands on Town Creek. The Survey maps it on the Athens quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1888 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1935 USGS Athens quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Athens quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Whitfield between 1994 and 2020, burning about 236 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-7 |
| 25 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190925-15 |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190911-3 |
| 11 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Smoking | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 12764 SOMMERS RD, AL |
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 Whitfield: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winslow | 0.4 miles | 22 | |
| Indian Trace | 0.6 miles | 22 | |
| French Hill | 0.8 miles | 22 | |
| Cloverleaf | 0.9 miles | 22 | |
| Cottonwood | 0.9 miles | 22 | |
| Country Village | 1.0 miles | 22 | |
| Yorkshire | 1.2 miles | 22 | |
| East Hampton | 1.2 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 141209. 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.