BlockWoodford, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Belmont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35470. It stands on Rider Branch. The Survey maps it on the Brewersville 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.
- 1929 USGS Epes quadrangle1:48000
- 1932 USGS Epes quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Brewersville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS De Kalb quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Woodford between 1995 and 2019, burning about 137 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190910-3 |
| 4 August 2016 | Natural | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160804-1 |
| 16 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | U S HWY 80, AL |
| 7 June 2007 | Natural | 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dug Hill | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Hall Creek | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Coatopa | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Zion Hill | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Brewersville | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| McDowell | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Belmont | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Arrington (historical) | 6.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157278. 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.