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Dyas, Alabama

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Bay Minette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36507. The Survey maps it on the Dyas quadrangle.

Dyas within Baldwin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

471 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 471 fires within 5 miles of Dyas between 1994 and 2020, burning about 6,534 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 236 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/incendiarism236
Debris and open burning122
Missing data/not specified/undetermined60
Equipment and vehicle use27
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2

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
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190927-11
27 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission23280 OLD WEEKLEY ROAD, AL
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20170926-2
26 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1994Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dyas: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Bal 6 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Pinchona Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Baldwin County

Storms near this place

3 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dyas in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2016: 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2006Tornado (F1)Dyas$100,000A tornado touched down along Hollingsworth Road in the Dyas community where it blew down several trees. It continued east northeast reaching F1 strength where it crossed over Dyas Road about a mile north of Brushy Creek. A house on the east side of the road sustained considerable roof damage. Two sheds, a barn ,horse pen and a screened in porch were destroyed. Numerous debris from this property were blown into an adjacent field and the owner said several items were found as far as a half mile away. The tornado quickly weakened and dissipated at the end of Sanks Road.
January 2016Thunderstorm WindDyas$5,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees and destroyed a barn.
May 2003HailDyas-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Baldwin 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
Carney3.3 miles16
Pinchona3.7 miles16
Perdido4.1 miles11
Phillipsville5.0 miles16
Rabun5.1 miles11
Eastwood6.4 miles13
Bay Minette7.5 miles13
Douglasville8.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156290. 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.