Boyd, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Livingston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35470. It stands on Sambo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boyd quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Meridian quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Boyd quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS De Kalb quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Boyd between 1995 and 2019, burning about 1,430 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 34 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2016 | Natural | 23 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160925-20 |
| 21 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 85 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2000 | Natural | 220 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boyd in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boyd | $2,000 | A few trees were knocked down near Boyd. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boyd | $500 | A tree was blown down onto the road near the Boyd Community. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boyd | - | Trees were downed near the intersection of Highway 28 and Highway 17, northwest of Livingston. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Boyd | - | Quarter size hail reported near the intersection of Highway 17 and County Road 12. |
| February 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boyd | - | Convenience store lost part of its roof and shingles reported blown off a nearby home. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boyd | - | Several trees were blown down in Boyd. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Boyd | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payneville | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| McCainville | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Sledge | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Millville | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Hixon | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Livingston | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Sumterville | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Parker | 7.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 114788. 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.
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.




