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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Silas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Waynesboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
90 since 1994Regional 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 burning | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | LENOIR LANDING RD., AL |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190928-13 |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150916-001 |
| 4 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cho 1 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barrytown | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees on Tanglewood Road. |
| November 2018 | Tornado (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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barrytown | - | Tree down blocking the west-bound lane of Highway 84 near Barrytown Road. |
| April 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Barrytown | - | A funnel cloud was reported near Barrytown. The funnel never touched down and no damage was found in the area. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Barrytown | - | Quarter size hail fell in and around Barrytown. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flatwood | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Womack Hill | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Old Samuel | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Chappell Hill | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Souwilpa | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Gilbertown | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Thornton Springs | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Wimbly | 5.4 miles | 12 |
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 Barrytown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q85745537 | 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 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.




