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Bayside, Alabama

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Decatur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35601. It stands on Brush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Decatur quadrangle.

Bayside within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

51 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Bayside between 1995 and 2019, burning about 318 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1

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
9 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190909-7
7 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20150908-001
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2018Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180828-3
26 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan 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 Bayside: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Plant 4 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Morgan 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
Cedar Lake0.4 miles25
Russell Village1.3 miles25
Longleaf Estates1.7 miles25
Fairview1.7 miles25
Flint City2.3 miles25
Hickory Hills2.3 miles25
Austinville2.5 miles15
Rolling Hills2.5 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 113616. 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.