BlockHaywood, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Woodland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36280. It stands on Boone Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wedowee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1899 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
131 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Haywood between 1994 and 2019, burning about 570 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 22 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 | 60 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190906-19 |
| 6 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO.RD.59, AL |
| 21 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190916-10 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Haywood: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sulfides. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua Ballard Prospect | Gold, Sulfides | Occurrence | Gold, Pyrite | |
| Joshua Ballard Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haywood in 1 storm report in 2009: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haywood | $1,000 | A tree fell across and blocked CR-63, in the New Hope Community. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant | 0.7 miles | 10 | |
| Rocky Branch | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Hobson | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Corbin | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Napoleon | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| New Hope | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Peace | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Potash | 2.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156463. 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.