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Clyde, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Geraldine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35961. It lies near Ripshin Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Portersville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Clyde within DeKalb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

107 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Clyde (historical) between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,517 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 35 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Arson/incendiarism35
Debris and open burning29
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks1
Natural1

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
9 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190909-2
8 September 2002Debris and open burning42 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160904-1
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20180903-3
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190929-20
27 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20140927-001
25 September 2014Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20140925-002
23 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Clyde (historical): 2 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Old Portersville MinesIronPast ProducerHematite
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed, Red Mt. AreaIronPast ProducerHematite

Every working recorded in DeKalb 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
Maynard0.8 miles21
Horton1.8 miles21
Peeks Corner1.8 miles21
Wills (historical)2.4 miles21
McKestes2.5 miles21
Lebanon3.0 miles22
Willstown (historical)3.0 miles22
Floy (historical)3.1 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 163223. 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.