BlockWooley Springs, 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 Tyrone Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ardmore quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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
- 1936 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:24000, 4 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
70 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Wooley Springs (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 359 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 | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20150915-001 |
| 15 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160914-5 |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pisgah | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Bethel | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Caro (historical) | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| Sand Spring (historical) | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Center Hill | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Oak Grove | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Pine Dale | 4.5 miles | 22 | |
| Copeland | 5.2 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 137920. 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.