Byrds, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the May census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76801. It stands on Hog Creek. The Survey maps it on the Byrds quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1887 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1889 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1924 USGS Brownwood Reservoir Site quadrangle1:48000
- 1924 USGS Coleman 1-a quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS Grosvenor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1969 USGS Byrds quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
96 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Byrds between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,317 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2559 7404 |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCCARTY 7416 |
| 23 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 574 (4135) |
| 2 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 32 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 406 5006 |
| 15 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 100 CR 411 |
| 13 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 800 CR 423 |
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 Byrds: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Brick Co Crosscut Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Byrds in 1 storm report in 1994: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1994 | Hail | Byrds | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holder | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Brownwood | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Grosvenor | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Lake Shore | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Shamrock Shores | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| Williams | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Owens | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| May | 7.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378079. 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.







