Floyd, Alabama
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Eclectic census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36024. The Survey maps it on the Claud quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1901 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Wetumpka SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Claud quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
149 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Floyd between 1994 and 2020, burning about 996 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Floyd in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floyd | - | Several trees uprooted along Newman Road, including two on a home. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floyd | - | Structural damage to a home on Claud Fleahop Road. Garage door blown in causing roof to collapse on a vehicle. Vinyl siding partially removed and porch flipped over. Several trees next to the house uprooted. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floyd | - | Multiple trees were reported down in the Claud and Fleahop Communities. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glendale Acres | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Good Hope | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Chana Creek | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Neman | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Eclectic | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Claud | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Kent | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Butts Mill | 3.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118456. 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.
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.










