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Boyds, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the La Fayette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36862. The Survey maps it on the Moorefield quadrangle.

Boyds within Chambers 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

66 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Boyds between 1995 and 2019, burning about 644 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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 burning24
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1997Debris and open burning11 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2019Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190916-12
15 September 1998Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCO.RD 290, AL
16 August 2016Natural5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160816-2
30 July 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160730-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chambers County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Boyds: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Clay, Gold. 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
Rippatoe PlacerGoldPast Producer
Unnamed OccurrenceAluminum, ClayOccurrence1982
Unnamed OccurrenceAluminum, ClayOccurrence1982

Every working recorded in Chambers 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
Liberty Crossroads1.2 miles12
Moorefield2.2 miles12
Sturkie3.7 miles12
Danway4.3 miles12
Tuckersburg4.4 miles14
Oak Bowery4.9 miles12
Kendall Crossroads5.6 miles12
Lafayette5.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156103. 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.