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Barrytown, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Gilbertown-Toxey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36908. It stands on Surveyors Creek. The Survey maps it on the Silas quadrangle.

Barrytown within Choctaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

90 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Barrytown between 1994 and 2019, burning about 585 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 burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionLENOIR LANDING RD., AL
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2019Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190928-13
23 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined70 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150916-001
4 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Choctaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Barrytown: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cho 1 Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Choctaw County

Storms near this place

5 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barrytown in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2020Thunderstorm WindBarrytown-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees on Tanglewood Road.
November 2018Tornado (EF0)Barrytown-A corridor of straight line wind damage was found starting near Highway 17 and Harrison Road and continuing northeast to County Road 8 and Barrytown Road. Significant tree damage was noted along portions of the path with winds estimated in the 60 to 80 mph range. There was a small, enhanced corridor of tree damage on County Road 8 where several large, healthy pine trees were snapped. Winds in this small areas area estimated to have been between 90 to 100 mph. Just northeast of this enhanced damage, a small EF-0) tornado was found in a wooded area along Woodbine Road. In total, 5 houses and 3 barns were damaged, mainly from downed trees. It should be noted that most of the damage observed was from straight line winds.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindBarrytown-Tree down blocking the west-bound lane of Highway 84 near Barrytown Road.
April 1997Funnel CloudBarrytown-A funnel cloud was reported near Barrytown. The funnel never touched down and no damage was found in the area.
April 1997HailBarrytown-Quarter size hail fell in and around Barrytown.

Every storm recorded in Choctaw County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Flatwood2.9 miles12
Womack Hill3.6 miles12
Old Samuel3.7 miles12
Chappell Hill3.8 miles12
Souwilpa4.2 miles12
Gilbertown4.6 miles12
Thornton Springs4.9 miles12
Wimbly5.4 miles12

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.

Wikipedia article on BarrytownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q85745537The 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 157885. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.