BlockByrd, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35552. It stands on Factory Creek. The Survey maps it on the Detroit quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1956 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
101 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Byrd between 1997 and 2019, burning about 904 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 44 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 | 44 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 28 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190927-10 |
| 27 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140927-003 |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.8 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140915-002 |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 2057 CR 19, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Byrd: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robison Mine and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnesville | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Fulton Bridge | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Weston | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Bexar | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Hamilton | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Pikeville | 10.0 miles | 10 | |
| Shottsville | 12.5 miles | 8 |
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 Byrd | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q86752896 | 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 163214. 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.