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Byrd Springs, Alabama

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Huntsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35802. It stands on Byrd Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Huntsville quadrangle.

Byrd Springs within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

11 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Byrd Springs between 1993 and 2008, burning about 119 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/incendiarism3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
30 June 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresWheeler National Wildlife RefugeFM 98-5
21 June 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 June 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionREDSTONE ARSENAL, AL
15 April 2003Arson/incendiarism60 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSOUTH SHAWNEE RD., AL
28 March 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresWheeler National Wildlife RefugeFM 98-3
26 March 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 March 1994Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 February 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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 Byrd Springs: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
South Parway Quarry No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
General Shale Products Co. PitClayProducer
Wheeler Lake MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Haysland Estates0.2 miles25
Fleming Hills0.4 miles25
Parkway Estates0.5 miles25
Lily Flagg0.8 miles25
Bel Air Estates1.3 miles25
Bluewood Estates1.4 miles25
Whitesburg Estates1.5 miles25
Flemington Heights1.5 miles25

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.

Wikidata item Q122554493The 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 146733. 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.