BlockBryan, Alabama
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Dora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35062. The Survey maps it on the Dora quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 24 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.
- 1893 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Port Birmingham quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Port Birmingham quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Dora quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Dora quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
314 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 314 fires within 5 miles of Bryan between 1994 and 2019, burning about 4,055 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 151 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 151 |
| Debris and open burning | 108 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160909-12 |
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 21 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bryan: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waste Pond - Bessie Mine | Aluminum | Occurrence | Illite, Kaolinite | |
| Waste Pond - Flat Top Mine | Aluminum | Occurrence | Illite, Kaolinite |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bryan in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Bryan | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in eastern Walker County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 100 mph.||The tornado began near Bryan Road at the Walker and Jefferson County line. The tornado tracked northeastward into Jefferson County where numerous trees were snapped off and uprooted along the path. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 115075. 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.
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.