BlockYoungtown, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Mount Hope census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35650. It lies near Morgan Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Landersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1936 USGS Landersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1936 USGS Moulton quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Mt Hope quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Mt Hope quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Landersville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Landersville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
45 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Youngtown between 1995 and 2019, burning about 654 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 32 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 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 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | RIDGE ROAD |
| 19 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | WILDERNESS |
| 10 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160910-8 |
| 25 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20120825-001 |
| 20 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | RAIN |
| 18 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Grove | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Camp Spring (historical) | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Landersville | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Hepsidam | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Muck City | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Wren | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Hope | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Needmore | 5.8 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160876. 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.