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Maynard, Alabama

21 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 35963. It lies near Ripshin Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Fyffe quadrangle.

Maynard within DeKalb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

109 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Maynard between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,519 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 33 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
Debris and open burning33
Arson/incendiarism33
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
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
22 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200922-2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb 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 Maynard: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. 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

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
Clyde (historical)0.8 miles22
Peeks Corner1.3 miles21
McKestes1.7 miles21
Horton1.9 miles21
Floy (historical)2.4 miles21
Wills (historical)2.6 miles21
Gilbert Crossroads3.0 miles21
Guest3.4 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1700299. 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.