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Tallapoosa County, Alabama

51 topographic sheets and 17 fire insurance atlases across 3 places.

Research this county

From the record

9 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Alabama within the United States
Tallapoosa County within Alabama

What the record shows

  • 3 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: Dadeville, Alexander City, Camp Hill, between 1889 and 1948.
  • 17 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 1,125 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 9 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 7 districts and 2 buildings.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 100 populated places in this county; 100 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

4 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Black-Gilling House, County Road 44, Dudleyville, Tallapoosa County, AL
Black-Gilling House, County Road 44, Dudleyville, Tallapoosa County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
United States Hotel, North Broadnax & East Green Streets, Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, AL
United States Hotel, North Broadnax & East Green Streets, Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Lane House, 311 West Columbus Street, Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, AL
Lane House, 311 West Columbus Street, Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
William A. Gardner House, Lafayette Highway (County Road 75), Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, AL
William A. Gardner House, Lafayette Highway (County Road 75), Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

9

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Alexander City Commercial Historic Districtdistrict200000000711
Avondale Historic Districtdistrict200505000837
A. J. and Emma E. Thomas Coley Housebuilding199190002109
Dadeville Historic Districtdistrict201313000471
Reuben Herzfeld Housebuilding199595001023
Horseshoe Bend National Military Parkdistrict196666000060
North Central Historic Districtdistrict200505000833
Russell Family Historic Districtdistrict200605000839
South Central Historic Districtdistrict200505000840

The county from the air

40 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,055 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 40 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-10-11, scale 1:60000
1950-10-11, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-10-11, scale 1:60000
1950-10-11, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-10-11, scale 1:60000
1950-10-11, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-10-11, scale 1:60000
1950-10-11, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-02-22, scale 1:60000
1951-02-22, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-02-22, scale 1:60000
1951-02-22, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-02-22, scale 1:60000
1951-02-22, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-03-31, scale 1:57000
1951-03-31, scale 1:57000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-01-30, scale 1:69000
1952-01-30, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-01-30, scale 1:69000
1952-01-30, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-01-30, scale 1:69000
1952-01-30, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-01-30, scale 1:69000
1952-01-30, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-02-19, scale 1:27000
1966-02-19, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-02-19, scale 1:27000
1966-02-19, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-02-19, scale 1:27000
1966-02-19, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-02-19, scale 1:27000
1966-02-19, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-03-17, scale 1:54000
1967-03-17, scale 1:54000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-03-17, scale 1:54000
1967-03-17, scale 1:54000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-03-17, scale 1:54000
1967-03-17, scale 1:54000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-03-17, scale 1:54000
1967-03-17, scale 1:54000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-12, scale 1:20000
1969-02-12, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-12, scale 1:20000
1969-02-12, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-12, scale 1:20000
1969-02-12, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-12, scale 1:20000
1969-02-12, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-06-08, scale 1:123047
1970-06-08, scale 1:123047. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-06-08, scale 1:123047
1970-06-08, scale 1:123047. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-06-08, scale 1:123047
1970-06-08, scale 1:123047. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-06-08, scale 1:124766
1970-06-08, scale 1:124766. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-14, scale 1:118976
1971-02-14, scale 1:118976. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-14, scale 1:118976
1971-02-14, scale 1:118976. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-14, scale 1:118976
1971-02-14, scale 1:118976. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-14, scale 1:119199
1971-02-14, scale 1:119199. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-06-01, scale 1:120115
1972-06-01, scale 1:120115. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-06-01, scale 1:120115
1972-06-01, scale 1:120115. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-06-01, scale 1:120115
1972-06-01, scale 1:120115. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-06-01, scale 1:120115
1972-06-01, scale 1:120115. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2011-05-01, scale 1:12000
2011-05-01, scale 1:12000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2011-05-01, scale 1:12000
2011-05-01, scale 1:12000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2011-05-01, scale 1:12000
2011-05-01, scale 1:12000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2011-05-01, scale 1:12000
2011-05-01, scale 1:12000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

18 stations, 6 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

50 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 62-1Election Precinct 1, Gold Branch
  • 62-2Election Precinct 2, Alexander City: Alexander City: Alexander City - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; Hillabee; Central of Georgia Railway, Hillabee, Christian, Johnston, Laurel, E. Jefferson
  • 62-3Election Precinct 2, Alexander City - That part Bounded by City limits; Jefferson; E. Laurel, Circle Drive, Forrest; N. Central Avenue, City limits
  • 62-4Election Precinct 2, Alexander City - That part Bounded by Forrest, Circle Drive, Johnston; Christian, Hillabee; Central of Georgia Railway; Greene, N. Central Avenue
  • 62-5Election Precinct 2, Alexander City - That part Bounded by City limits; N. Central Avenue, Greene; Central of Georgia Railway, City limits; City limits
  • 62-6Election Precinct 2, Alexander City - That part Bounded by Central of Georgia Railway; Main, Tallapoosa, Madison, Cherokee Road; Baltic Road; City limits, Central of Georgia Railway
  • 62-7Election Precinct 2, Alexander City - That part Bounded by Central of Georgia Railway; City limits; Wilson; Madison, Tallapoosa, Main
  • 62-8Election Precinct 2, Alexander City - That part Bounded by Hillabee; City limits; City limits; City limits
  • 62-9Election Precinct 2, Alexander City - That part Bounded by Baltic Road, Cherokee Road, Madison, Wilson; City limits; Young; City limits
  • 62-10Election Precinct 2, Alexander City - That part Bounded by Young, City limits; City limits; City limits; City limits
  • 62-11Bevelle, unincorporated Bounded by Alexander City limits; Alexander City limits; Peach extended, Peach, Peach extended; Alexander City limits
  • 62-12Russell Mill, unincorporated (See boundaries shown on aerial photo APC-1-50)
  • 62-13Election Precinct 2, Alexander City - That part northwest of State Highway 63 and northeast of Central of Georgia Railway, outside Alexander City
  • 62-14Election Precinct 2, Alexander City - That part southwest of Central of Georgia Railway, and west of State Highway 63, outside Alexander City and the unincorporated place of Russell Mill. (See aerial photo APC-1-50 for boundaries of Russell Mill)
  • 62-15Election Precinct 2, Alexander City - That part southeast of State Highway 63 and north of Central of Georgia Railway, outside Alexander City an the unincorporated place of Bevelle. (See separate map for boundaries of Bevelle)
  • 62-16Election Precinct 2, Alexander City - That part south of Central of Georgia Railway and east of State Highway 63, outside Alexander City and the unincorporated place of Bevelle. (See separate map for boundaries of Bevelle)
  • 62-17Election Precinct 3, Hackneyville: Election Precinct 3, Hackneyville - That part east of county road from south Precinct line to east Precinct line, via Hackneyville and Providence Church
  • 62-18Election Precinct 3, Hackneyville - That part west of county road from east Precinct line to south Precinct line, via Providence Church and Hackneyville
  • 62-19Election Precinct 4, Cow Pens
  • 62-20Election Precinct 5, New Site: Election Precinct 5, New Site - That part north of State Highway 63
  • 62-21Election Precinct 5, New Site - That part south of State Highway 63, and including all islands in this enumeration district
  • 62-22Election Precinct 6, Eagle Creek
  • 62-23Election Precinct 7, Dadeville: Dadeville town: Dadeville town - that part east of Broadnax and north and west of Lafayette and Central of Georgia Railroad
  • 62-24Dadeville town - That part west of Broadnax and north and east of Eufaula, West, Elm Road, and Lafayette
  • 62-25Dadeville town - That part south and west of Lafayette, Elm Road, West, Eufaula, Broadnax, South and Herne
  • 62-26Dadeville town - That part south and east of Lafayette, Central of Georgia Railroad, Herne and north and east of South and Broadnax
  • 62-27Election Precinct 7, Dadeville - That part outside Dadeville town
  • 62-28Election Precinct 8, Cakfuska
  • 62-29Election Precinct 9, Red Ridge
  • 62-30Election Precinct 10, Eufaula
  • 62-31Election Precinct 11, Walnut Hill
  • 62-32Election Precinct 12, Reeltown: Carrville town
  • 62-33Tallapoosa City town
  • 62-34Tallassee town - That part in Tallapoosa County comprising part of Election Precinct 12, Reeltown: Tallassee town - That part Bounded by Town limits; Town limits; Town limits, 3rd, Dorman Avenue, 2nd; Central Avenue, Dadeville Highway
  • 62-35Tallassee town - That part Bounded by Town limits; Town limits, Dadeville Highway; Central Avenue, 3rd; Town limits
  • 62-36Tallassee town - That part Bounded by Town limits, 3rd, Central Avenue, 2nd, Dorman Avenue, 3rd; Town limits; Town limits; Town limits, County line (Remainder of Tallassee town is in Election Precinct 3, Tallassee, Elmore County)
  • 62-37Election Precinct 12, Reeltown - That part north of the township line between Townships 18 and 19 north, Ranges 22 and 23 East
  • 62-38Election Precinct 12, Reeltown - That part south of the township line between Townships 18 and 19 north, Range 22 East and north of State Highway 14 and Notasulga - East Tallassee Road, outside Carrville, Tallapoosa City and Tallassee towns
  • 62-39Election Precinct 12, Reeltown - That part south of East Tallassee - Notasulga Road and State Hwy 14, outside Tallassee town
  • 62-40Election Precinct 13, Church Hill
  • 62-41Election Precinct 14, Rome: Election Precinct 14, Rome - That part east of Simmons Crossroads - Camp Hill Road
  • 62-42Election Precinct 14, Rome - That part west of Camp Hill - Simmons Crossroads Road
  • 62-43Election Precinct 15, Camp Hill: Camp Hill town, Camp Hill town - That part east of Central of Georgia Railway
  • 62-44Camp Hill town - That part east of Central of Georgia Railway
  • 62-45Election Precinct 15, Camp Hill - That part outside Camp Hill town
  • 62-46Election Precinct 16, Dudleyville
  • 62-47Election Precinct 15, Daviston: Daviston town
  • 62-48Election Precinct 17, Daviston - That part west and north of State Highway 63, outside Daviston town
  • 62-49Election Precinct 17, Daviston - That part south and east of State Highway 63, outside Daviston town, and including all islands in this enumeration district
  • 62-50Election Precinct 18, Jacksons Gap

Wildfire, 1994 to 2020

1,131 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,131 of them, burning about 10,708 acres. 25 started naturally and 351 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning450
Arson/incendiarism351
Missing data/not specified/undetermined157
Recreation and ceremony76
Equipment and vehicle use36
Natural25
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes3
Fireworks3

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Four of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
11 April 1999Arson/incendiarism400 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined352 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCAHABA FOREST
4 March 2011Recreation and ceremony225 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionTIMBER TRAIL, AL
1 October 2010Arson/incendiarism211 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNEWSITE FIRE
3 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresAlabama Forestry Commission951 JACKSON RD, AL
21 October 2010Debris and open burning140 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCOTNEY ROAD FIRE
19 March 2019Arson/incendiarism134 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190319-7
1 December 2012Arson/incendiarism132 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20121201-002

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1952 to 2026

60 of 423 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 423 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 28 injuries and about $120,772,300 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind233
Hail115
Tornado43
Flash Flood16
Lightning11
Heavy Rain2
Flood2
Funnel Cloud1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011Tornado (EF4)Barnesville1 killed, 10 hurt, $115,000,000A tornado touched down in central Elmore County, north of Wetumpka, and moved northeast through central Tallapoosa and western Chambers Counties, before it lifted west northwest of Lafayette. The tornado crossed into Tallapoosa County near Stoney Ridge Rd, south of CR 34, and intensified to EF4 strength with winds of 170 mph. Damage was widespread and severe with several well built multi-story homes destroyed with no walls remaining on floors above basement level. The tornado continued at this strength but became narrower to nearly 400 yards wide as it crossed AL Hwy 49 south of Dadeville where it destroyed 2 homes and rolled a pick-up truck 120 yards. The tornado continued northeast and weakened to EF3 strength with winds of 155 mph. It crossed U.S. Hwy 280 just east of Dadeville where it produced significant damage to several homes and businesses, and caused one fatality. The tornado crossed into Chambers County west of Lafayette, south of CR 48.
March 2012Tornado (EF2)Our Town1 killed, 2 hurtA tornado touched down just west of Highway 63 in western Tallapoosa County, where it uprooted and snapped scores of trees. It continued northeastward and passed just north of Wind Creek State Park, where it produced significant and widespread tree damage between Highway 128 and the shores of Lake Martin. The tornado caused significant damage to several homes in the Pineywoods Area. It then crossed Lake Martin and came ashore in the River Bend Subdivision, where it snapped or uprooted hundreds more trees. The tornado continued moving to the northeast and crossed Highway 280, just west of Midway, producing minor tree damage. It passed north of Jacksons Gap and passed just south of Eagle Creek, where it widened to over one-quarter mile. It destroyed one double-wide manufactured home and two single-wides. As the storm crossed Alabama 49, it lofted and destroyed a single-wide manufactured home, fatally injuring one individual. The tornado path broadened to approximately 1000 yards as it crossed Elder Road. Farther to the east, approximately 14 homes received mainly roof damage and scores of trees were snapped or uprooted on Buttston Road, just north of Denver Road. The tornado continued into eastern Tallapoosa County, and then moved into Chambers County, where it eventually lifted.
November 1992Tornado (F1)not stated5 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
July 2008LightningOur Town3 hurt, $1,000Two separate lightning strikes hit 3 people in Wind Creek State Park. All 3 were injured, and one had to be taken to the hospital. Another lightning strike destroyed a boat house in the same area.
November 1979Tornado (F2)not stated2 hurt, $250,000no account filed
July 2005LightningAlexander City1 hurt, $55,000Lightning struck a home in Alexander City and a fire ensued. The home suffered significant damage. A woman sustained minor burns in the fire.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindTallapoosa City1 hurtSeveral trees uprooted and fell on a home.
July 2017LightningSturdivant1 hurtPerson struck by lightning and taken to to local hospital.
August 2014LightningSessions1 hurtA 24 year old male sustained non-life threatening injuries when he was struck by lightning in his yard outside of his home.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindOur Town1 hurtA swath of straight line wind damage 10.7 miles long began one mile southwest of U.S. Highway 63 on County Road 11 where several trees were uprooted. The damage extended to the northeast, through Wind Creek State Park, across U.S. Highway 280, and ended north of Jacksons Gap. The most heavily damaged area, where damage was consistent with 90 MPH winds, was on the west side of Lake Martin along Piney Woods Rd, where several homes and an RV were destroyed by falling trees. A small church sustained minor roof damage along U.S. Highway 280, near Midway Estates Rd. Wind damage ended 1.6 miles north of Jacksons Gap, where several trees were knocked down along Rock Springs Rd.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindDadeville1 hurtAn employee of the Still Waters Resort on Lake Martin was injured when the top of a tree was broken off by strong wind. The broken portion of the tree landed where two or three employees were standing. One employee was struck in the head by the falling tree and required hospitalization. Several other trees in the area were blown down by the wind, but no property damage was reported.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindNewsite$315,000The doors to the city hall and fire department buildings were damaged, a gymnasium suffered roof damage, and numerous trees were blown down.
September 2018LightningTallapoosa City$250,000Large home on Greenwood Road destroyed by fire started by lightning.
March 1996Tornado (F1)Jacksons Gap$150,000no account filed
April 2003Thunderstorm WindCarrville$120,000The second supercell merged with the original supercell at this time across southern Tallapoosa County. This re-energized the storm considerably. Damaging winds associated with this transformed supercell moved across extreme southern Tallapoosa County. Numerous trees were blown down from near Lake Martin to near Reeltown. Hail up to 2.00 inches in diameter accompanied the storm.
June 1999Flash FloodAlexander City$120,000More than two inches of rain fell in a short period of time around Alexander City. Numerous roads were flooded and had to be temporarily closed. Several homes and businesses sustained water damage. A dam was also severely damaged due to the volume of water.
May 2010Flash FloodGoldville$100,000A large area of Tallapoosa County experienced flash flooding due to a period of intense rainfall. The hardest hit area was Alexander City, where street flooding was described as serious, and several water rescues had to be performed. A culvert was washed out on County Road, near US-280 on the west side of Alexander City. Water rescues were also needed in the Hackneyville area, and Dutch Bend Road near the New Site community also became flooded.
January 2007Tornado (F1)Barnesville$100,000The tornado touched down south of the Walnut Hill Community, near the intersection of Prospect Road and State Highway 49. The tornado damaged a few homes and destroyed a mobile home on Butterfly Lane. The tornado tracked northeastward and damaged another home on Sandy Drive before lifting. Overall, at least three homes sustained damage, one trailer was totally destroyed and about 40 trees were snapped off. Maximum winds were estimated at 85 to 90 mph.
December 1996Tornado (F0)Alexander City$80,000no account filed
August 2002LightningAlexander City$75,000Two separate house fires were initiated by lightning. One of the fires caused significant structural damage and also destroyed an automobile. In the second instance, the lightning bolt hit a tree next to the structure, and both caught on fire. No injuries were reported in either event.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindAlexander City$75,000A large Texaco sign was destroyed, several cars were pushed around at an apartment parking lot, and numerous trees and power lines were down.
March 1996LightningDadeville$75,000no account filed
August 2005Tornado (F1)Reeltown$70,000National Weather Service meteorologists conducted a storm survey in Tallapoosa County. It has been determined that an F1 tornado occurred with winds estimated around 80 miles an hour. The tornado touched down at approximately 155 PM CDT just east of State Highway 49 or about 1.7 miles southwest of Reeltown. The tornado traveled northwest and ended at approximately 158 PM CDT near the intersection of County Road 45 and Sulphur Springs Road. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped off along the path of the tornado. Several homes suffered varying degrees of damage. The tornado damage path was 3.25 miles long and 300 yards wide at its widest point. Begin: 32 34.92/85 49.30 End: 32 37.40/85 50.92
April 2009Tornado (EF1)Church Hill$50,000The tornado started near the intersection of Prospect Road and County Road 45, about 3.5 miles southeast of Martin Dam. It then traveled southeast across AL-49 and several other county and secondary roads, before moving into Lee County. In Tallapoosa County, there were numerous trees snapped off and uprooted along the path. Several outbuildings of various size had their roofs blown off.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindDadeville$50,000Trees were blown down at several locations around Tallapoosa County, at least one of which landed on and badly damaged a house.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindDadeville$50,000One very large building under contruction was destroyed at the Dadeville Industrial Park.
April 2006LightningDaviston$50,000Lightning struck the roof of a house, caught the wiring on fire, which subsequently led to other parts of the house catching fire.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindAlexander City$50,000Three trees were blown down onto houses in Alex City.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindAlexander City$50,000Thunderstorm wind caused damage across the northern section of Lake Martin in the area from south of Alexander City to southeast of Alexander City including the communities of Our Town and Walnut Hill. About 4,200 electric customers were without power as power lines and trees came down. Damage was reported as extensive at Chuck's Marina on the east side of Lake Martin.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindAlexander City$50,000no account filed
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Martin Lake North$45,800A tornado touched down in a wooded area 4 miles southwest of Jackson's Gap. The tornado moved to the northeast where it snapped and uprooted many trees. As the tornado crossed Highway 280, 3 homes were damaged due to fallen trees. The tornado lifted 3.1 miles north of Jackson's Gap.
December 1996Thunderstorm WindTallassee$45,000no account filed
August 2005LightningAlexander City$35,000The New Elkahatchee Baptist Church was struck by lightning. The church steeple caught on fire and was destroyed.
March 2005HailDadeville$33,000The supercell thunderstorm that produced hail across Elmore County strengthened and continued to produce hail all the way across Tallapoosa County. The largest hail reported was 3 inches in diameter. Several vehicles suffered hail damage.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindDadeville$30,000Ten to twenty trees were blown down around the city of Dadeville. At least two of the trees fell onto vehicles, causing significant damage. The falling trees also caused several power poles to snap.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindAlexander City$30,000no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBevelle$25,000A large tree fell on two units of a townhouse and 3 vehicles, on Hillabee Street in Alexander City.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindSturdivant$25,000A boat house on the Tallapoosa River, near the US-280 bridge, was substantially damaged.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindAlexander City$25,000A tree was blown down and fell on a house, along Highway 22 between Alex City and New Site.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindCountywide$25,000Trees and power lines were knocked down across the entire county. Several trees landed on homes causing minor damage.
January 1998Flash FloodCountywide$25,000no account filed
April 1984Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
April 1975Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
April 1964Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
March 1963Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
March 1961Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
November 1957Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindDadeville$22,000A few trees were blown down and large limbs were snapped off along Gardner Dairy Road just northeast of Dadeville. One mobile home was damaged and a tin roof of an out-building was torn off.
April 2009HailOur Town$20,000Hail up to the size of golf balls fell along AL-63, near the Our Town community. Several windows were broken out and vehicles were damaged.
April 2007Tornado (EF1)Dadeville$20,000A tornado touched down near the intersection of Lafayette Street and Fulton Street, on the northeast side of US Highway 280 in Dadeville. It then tracked east southeast for about 1 mile, and lifted just past the railroad tracks and Woodyard Street. At least three homes were damaged due to numerous uprooted trees. A lumber company had substantial damage to several metal sheds.
March 2005Flash FloodCountywide$20,000Doppler radar estimated up to 3 inches of rain in a three hour period. This heavy rain fell on already saturated ground. Doppler radar estimated up to 8 inches in a 24 hour period. Several roads were temporarily impassable due to high water. Several area creeks and streams were out of their banks. The flooding was most concentrated across the southern third of the county.
April 2005Tornado (F1)Newsite$20,000no account filed
July 2003Flash FloodCountywide$17,000no account filed
November 2006Tornado (F0)Reeltown$15,000A weak tornado touched down about one-half of a mile west of Reeltown, near the intersection of County Road 45 and County Road 13. Several trees were blown down or snapped off along the short path. One mobile home suffered some siding damage. Three outbuildings also sustained significant damaged. |
October 1995Thunderstorm WindNew Site$15,000Thunderstorm wind that sounded like a freight train according to witnesses caused some property damage in the Simpson community just northeast of New Site in northeast Tallapoosa County. Trees were blown down, a roof was taken off a barn, antennas were downed, shingles were taken off several roofs, and one porch was damaged.
March 2003Thunderstorm WindDadeville$12,000A wind gust with a thunderstorm downed or split several trees on the north side of US 280 about 6.2 miles northwest of Dadeville. Two homes lost shingles and another house had one corner of the metal roof lifted and bent. A cement block storage shed behind one mobile home lost about three-fourths of the metal roofing material. The worst damage occurred to a mobile home that served as an office for a used auto parts business. That mobile home was completely de-roofed and the roof was deposited about 25 feet north of the structure. A storm damage survey revealed no evidence of rotation in this event.
November 1995Thunderstorm WindDadeville$12,000Wind with a thunderstorm downed trees and power lines in the city of Dadeville.
June 2025LightningSturdivant$10,000Lightning struck a tall poplar tree at Camp Ascca, causing the tree to disintegrate. The strike entered the dining hall, causing extensive damage to electrical appliances and fire/water damage to the structure.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Our Town$10,000A tornado touched down 6.4 miles west of Central, along County Road 334 in Elmore County. The tornado moved to the northeast and crossed the Coosa County line. The tornado then crossed State Highway 9 and continued moving east, eventually crossing into Tallapoosa County. The tornado lifted on the east side of northern Lake Martin. In Tallapoosa County, numerous trees were snapped or uprooted.
July 2011Flash FloodAlexander City$10,000A nursing home had over two feet of water inside, leading to the 63 residents being evacuated by boat. Several other high water rescues were performed in the same area.

Mines and quarries

85 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 85 workings inside this county. 2 still produce and 83 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Gold49
Mica19
Talc-Soapstone10
Sulfides3
Titanium3
Clay2
Iron, Manganese1
Asbestos1
Fluorine-Fluorite1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Heard-Dennis ProspectAsbestosProspect
Lowe MineGold, Iron, ManganesePast Producer1932, 1933
Rockford AreaFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Allen Clay ProspectClayProspect
Hillabee Plant and Pit Number 1ClayProducer
Dixie Farms DepositTitaniumOccurrence
Dutch Bend MineGold, SulfidesPast ProducerBarite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Herzfield ProspectTitaniumOccurrence
Jones PitsGold, SulfidesPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
Mahan PitsGold, SulfidesOccurrenceGold
Robert Russell ProspectTitaniumOccurrence
Clem Vines North ProspectTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceTalc
Clem Vines South ProspectTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceTalc
Garfield Heard PropertyTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceTalc
Harris ProspectTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Knight Asbestos ProspectTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Perry Wise-Sanders ProspectTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceTalc
Prather ProspectTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceTalc
Sorrell Estate Asbestos ProspectTalc-SoapstoneProspect
W.B.Railey Asbestos ProspectTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Ware ProspectTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Abernarhy ProspectMicaPast Producer
Abernathy MineMicaPast Producer
B E Kidd Jr MineMicaPast Producer
Buttston Mica MineMicaUnknown
Carleton MineMicaPast Producer
Collum DepositMicaProspect
Collum MineMicaPast Producer
Collum-Taylor MineMicaPast Producer
Doc Heard ProspectMicaPast Producer
Dock Heard MineMicaPast Producer
Easterwood MineMicaPast Producer
Howard MineMicaPast Producer
Kidd MineMicaPast Producer
Louis Taylor ProspectMicaProspect
Mica Hill MineMicaPast Producer
Old Berry MineMicaPast Producer
Saunders ProspectMicaOccurrence
Thomas MineMicaPast Producer
W W Hicks MineMicaPast Producer
Al King MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Alabama King MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Birdsong PitsGoldOccurrenceGold
Blue Hill and Gregory Hill MinesGoldPast ProducerVein
Bonner-Terrell MineGoldPast ProducerGold
Chisolm ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Croft PitsGoldOccurrenceGold
Dent Hill ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Devils Backbone DistrictGoldProducer1835
Duncan ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
Duncan ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Dutch Bend Ulrich Pits Romanoff MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Eagle Creek DistrictGoldPast ProducerVein
Early Pits MineGoldPast ProducerGold
Farrow Hill Devil's BackboneGoldPast ProducerVein
Farrow Hill ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Germany Pits ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Goldville DistrictGoldPast Producer1842
Goldville PitsGoldPast ProducerVein
Goldville Pits ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Greer ProspectGoldOccurrence1881
Gregory Hill Lode and PlacerGoldPast ProducerVein
Griffin ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Hammock MineGoldPast Producer1881
Hawthorne MineGoldPast Producer1932, 1933
Hog Mountain MineGoldPast Producer1839
Holly ProspectGoldOccurrence1911
Houston PitsGoldOccurrenceGold
Jennings LodeGoldOccurrenceGold
Johnson ProspectGoldOccurrence1840, 1845
Log MineGoldPast ProducerGold
Long Branch ProspectGoldOccurrence1842, 1852
Lowe Mine Hawthorne MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Maham PitsGoldPast ProducerVein
Mass ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Morgan PlacerGoldOccurrence1892
Morgan PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Owl Hollow PlacerGoldPast Producer1842, 1852
Preacher Gunn ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Silver Hill MineGoldPast Producer1835
Stone PitsGoldPast ProducerVein
Stone Pits ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Tallapoosa MineGoldPast ProducerGold
Tapley MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Tine Burnett LodeGoldOccurrenceGold

Every populated place in the county

100

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 3 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

The vanished settlements of Tallapoosa County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Recorded here

Dadeville, Alabama

12 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases, 1889 to 1934

Alexander City, Alabama

12 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases, 1894 to 1948

Camp Hill, Alabama

11 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1928

Everything this county holds

The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.

Surveyed structures

5 structures

The vanished settlements of Tallapoosa County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.