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Boyd, Florida

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Perry North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32347. The Survey maps it on the Boyd quadrangle.

Boyd within Taylor County

Then and now

1954 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Boyd, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Boyd, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

289 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 289 fires within 5 miles of Boyd between 1992 and 2020, burning about 523 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 13 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 burning91
Railroad operations and maintenance48
Equipment and vehicle use43
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Natural21
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Arson/incendiarism13
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5
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
6 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWOODS CREEK PP (62)
17 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWRIGHT RD. (62)
13 September 2015Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCHAIR (62)
11 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHIGHWAY 19 NORTH (62)
5 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceNORTH JUNKYARD ROAD (62)
26 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taylor County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boyd in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2019Thunderstorm WindBoyd$3,000Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage to 86 customers along Roberts Aman Road.
February 2015Thunderstorm WindBoyd$3,000Trees were blown down on Highway 221 North.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindBoyd-Trees were blown down at E Roberts Aman Road and Wayne Roberts Ln.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindBoyd-A tree was blown down near Boyd Road and US-221.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBoyd-A tree was blown down onto Highway 221.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindBoyd-Several trees were down on Williamson Lane off Boyd Road.

Every storm recorded in Taylor 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
Secotan1.7 miles10
Perry5.1 miles9
Shady Grove7.0 miles10
Hampton Springs7.6 miles10
Roach8.2 miles10
Bucell Junction8.7 miles9
Iddo8.8 miles10
Foley9.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 279301. 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.

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.