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Tanyard, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Inverness census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36005. It stands on Perote Creek. The Survey maps it on the Perote quadrangle.

Tanyard within Bullock County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

53 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Tanyard between 1994 and 2020, burning about 458 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2019Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-20
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2016Debris and open burning11 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160830-3
28 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20140828-001
22 August 2000Natural2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2000Natural2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2010Arson/incendiarism34 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bullock County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Tanyard: 4 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Pik 9 Clay ProspectClayProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bullock County

Storms near this place

1 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tanyard in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 tornado. 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
April 2007Tornado (EF1)Tanyard$10,000The tornado touched down about one mile southwest of the intersection of US Highway 29 and CR 53, and then tracked northeast, crossing CR 53 several times. One barn was completely destroyed near the Jamback Community. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped off along the path. Several homes sustained minor roof damage.

Every storm recorded in Bullock 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
Jamback2.5 miles7
Corinth2.9 miles8
Perote4.1 miles7
Sellers Crossroads5.4 miles8
Blues Old Stand6.7 miles7
Smuteye6.8 miles7
Omega7.4 miles8
Pickett7.4 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 127671. 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.