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Byron, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Cleveland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72576. It stands on Bray Branch. The Survey maps it on the Byron quadrangle.

Byron within Fulton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

125 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Byron between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,132 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 38 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 burning43
Arson/incendiarism38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural2

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
7 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use45 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2011Debris and open burning60 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Byron: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

5 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Byron in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2006: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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
March 2006Tornado (F0)Byron-A weak tornado was spawned in southwestern Fulton County near Byron. Only tree damage was noted, with several trees snapped or uprooted.
April 2006HailByron-Hail covered the ground.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindByron-Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindByron-Some trees were knocked down.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindByron-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fulton 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
Mitchell2.9 miles16
Bexar3.2 miles11
Shady Grove3.9 miles11
Mount Pleasant4.3 miles11
Union4.7 miles11
Wheeling5.0 miles11
Viola5.3 miles11
Flint Springs5.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 47257. 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.