Bayard, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Waverly Hall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31804. The Survey maps it on the Mulberry Grove quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bayard within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1907 USGS Talbotton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1950 USGS Ellerslie quadrangle1:62500
1950 USGS Mulberry Grove quadrangle1:24000
1955 USGS Ellerslie quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS Mulberry Grove quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

172 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of Bayard (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 552 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 35 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 burning	97
Arson/incendiarism	35
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	9
Smoking	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Natural	5
Recreation and ceremony	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
7 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-HARRIS-005
6 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	1.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 1996	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 August 2015	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2016-HARRIS-003
6 August 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-HARRIS-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Cataula	2.4 miles	15
Rehobeth	2.6 miles	16
Mulberry Grove	2.8 miles	16
Kingsboro	3.1 miles	15
Acton (historical)	5.6 miles	13
Gordydale	6.0 miles	17
Hamilton	6.0 miles	10
Ellerslie	6.3 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 350933. 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.