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Tanyard, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Moody census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35125. It stands on Tanyard Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wattsville quadrangle.

Tanyard within St. Clair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

151 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Tanyard between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,871 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 39 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 burning75
Arson/incendiarism39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Other causes1

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 1999Natural59 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Smoking5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Tanyard: 5 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Copper, Limestone, General. 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
Odenville Copper ProspectCopper, Limestone, GeneralOccurrence1925
Jump-Off RockIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in St. Clair 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
Stewarts1.3 miles21
Eden3.1 miles21
Park Hill3.4 miles21
Oak Ridge3.4 miles21
Harrisburg3.5 miles21
Chulavista3.5 miles21
Coal City3.7 miles21
Walkerton3.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 164881. 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.