BlockWilson Bend, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Addison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35541. It lies near Indian Cave Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Arley 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.
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Arley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Arley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
121 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Wilson Bend between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,701 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 47 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 | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190908-3 |
| 8 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160908-6 |
| 7 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 180 acres | National Forests in Alabama | FORSYTH |
| 30 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | HICKORY LANE, AL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arley | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Helicon | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Big Oak (historical) | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Falls City | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Eagle | 9.5 miles | 13 | |
| Sachs Bottoms (historical) | 11.0 miles | 11 | |
| Houston | 11.1 miles | 11 | |
| Corinth (historical) | 12.1 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122566275 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160856. 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.