Byne Crossroads, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Leesburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31763. The Survey maps it on the Leesburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Leesburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
313 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 313 fires within 5 miles of Byne Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 853 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 51 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 | 170 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 51 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-LEE-012 |
| 6 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-LEE-010 |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-LEE-004 |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020LEE007 |
| 27 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Byne Crossroads: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leesburg Sand Co Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Byne Crossroads in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byne Crossroads | $3,000 | Fallen trees or limbs resulted in power outages southwest of Leesburg. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byne Crossroads | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down in the area around Palmyra Road. |
| August 2025 | Flash Flood | Byne Crossroads | - | Flash flooding was reported on Palmyra Road. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byne Crossroads | - | Wires were blown down near the intersection of James Pond Road and Highway 32 W. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byne Crossroads | - | A few trees were blown down at James Pond Road and Oakland Road. |
| March 2015 | Flash Flood | Byne Crossroads | - | Heavy rain led to a few rural road closures southwest of Leesburg. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Byne Crossroads | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Century | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Leesburg | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Armena | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Jordan Place | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Palmyra | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Forrester | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Starksville | 6.5 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122541601 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331301. 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.





