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Birdeye, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Forkland-Tishabee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36740. It stands on Negrofoot Branch. The Survey maps it on the Demopolis quadrangle.

Birdeye within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

71 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Birdeye between 1994 and 2018, burning about 531 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
29 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2015Debris and open burning2.2 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20150925-006
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20140924-004
18 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1997Smoking4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1994Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Birdeye: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Tate QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Greene 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
Merriwether1.5 miles11
Jackson Quarters2.5 miles11
Forkland3.8 miles13
Rosemont5.8 miles13
Thornhill7.5 miles13
Tishabee9.1 miles13
Walden Quarters9.4 miles11
Braggville10.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156067. 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.