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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.

Boyd within Sumter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

38 since 1995

Regional 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/undetermined15
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance34 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2016Natural23 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160925-20
21 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism85 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2000Natural220 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Storms near this place

7 since 2000

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2000Thunderstorm WindBoyd$2,000A few trees were knocked down near Boyd.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindBoyd$500A tree was blown down onto the road near the Boyd Community.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindBoyd-Trees were downed near the intersection of Highway 28 and Highway 17, northwest of Livingston.
March 2023HailBoyd-Quarter size hail reported near the intersection of Highway 17 and County Road 12.
February 2018Thunderstorm WindBoyd-Convenience store lost part of its roof and shingles reported blown off a nearby home.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindBoyd-Several trees were blown down in Boyd.
May 2012HailBoyd-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sumter 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
Payneville2.3 miles8
McCainville5.3 miles13
Sledge5.5 miles8
Millville6.6 miles8
Hixon6.6 miles13
Livingston6.7 miles13
Sumterville7.2 miles13
Parker7.3 miles13

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.