Buzzard Roost, Alabama
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cherokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35616. It lies near Geise Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Margerum quadrangle. It stands 466 feet above sea level.
On record in Buzzard Roost
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Buzzard Roostlisted 1976 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1911 USGS Iuka quadrangle1:48000
- 1911 USGS Iuka quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Iuka quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Margerum quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Margerum quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Corinth quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Corinth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
113 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Buzzard Roost between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,370 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 39 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 | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Natchez Trace Parkway | ROCKET |
| 29 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.3 acres | Natchez Trace Parkway | CHUCKWAGON COMPLEX |
| 23 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Natchez Trace Parkway | MP 318 |
| 22 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Natchez Trace Parkway | CHEROKEE1 |
| 19 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Buzzard Roost: 4 prospects, 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Water, Free, Aluminum, Kaolin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margerum | Aluminum, Water, Free | Unknown | Surface | |
| Margerum Bauxite District | Aluminum, Kaolin | Prospect | 1921 | |
| A Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| B Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| C Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Cherokee Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Margem Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lime Kiln | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| Chisca | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Ingleton (historical) | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Mount Hester | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Margerum | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Cherokee | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Malone | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Caryton (historical) | 5.1 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Buzzard Roost | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5003571 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 166015. 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.









