BlockWoodall Place, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Grant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35747. It lies near Woodall Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Grant quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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 Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1936 USGS Grant quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Grant quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Grant 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
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
46 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Woodall Place between 1994 and 2017, burning about 458 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160907-2 |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160930-4 |
| 30 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160930-7 |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 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 Woodall Place: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| Humpton | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Rocky Ridge | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Keel (historical) | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| Swearengin | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Campbell Mill | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Bucksnort | 4.1 miles | 23 | |
| Oak Grove | 4.8 miles | 21 |
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 Q122565490 | 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 157276. 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.