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Acmar, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Moody census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35004. It stands on Little Black Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cooks Springs quadrangle. It stands 804 feet above sea level.

Acmar within St. Clair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

128 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Acmar between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,451 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 58 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
Arson/incendiarism58
Debris and open burning42
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning1.3 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-9
25 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-11
21 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Acmar: 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in St. Clair County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Acmar in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindAcmar1 killedStorm damage to the east of Moody was found to be consistent with straight-line winds, with peak wind gusts estimated between 80 and 100 mph. A broad swath of enhanced damage was found in a largely wooded area a couple miles northeast of the Brompton community. In this area, numerous trees were snapped off and uprooted. One tree fell onto a mobile home, fatally injuring one of its occupants. Several other buildings received varying degrees of damage, both directly from the wind and as a result of trees being blown on top of them.
December 2008Tornado (EF1)Acmar$82,000The tornado touched down near the intersection of US-411, Meyers Road, and Church Road, near the Bethel Baptist Church. It then traveled northeastward and lifted just northeast of AL-174. At least 5 homes suffered extensive roof damage. At least 4 outbuildings were completely destroyed. Approximately 100 trees were either uprooted or snapped off. A glass enclosed sun-room was completely destroyed.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindAcmar$5,000Several trees were blown down at several locations around the city of Moody.
February 2025FloodAcmar-A few roads were washed out in St. Clair County following 2-3 inches of rainfall over a few hours.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindAcmar-Several trees uprooted near the city of Moody.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindAcmar-Several trees uprooted near the town of Moody.

Every storm recorded in St. Clair 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
Parsons0.5 miles27
Saint Clair Forest1.0 miles21
Twin Lake Estates1.6 miles21
Braggsville1.6 miles27
Spring Valley Estates1.7 miles21
Valleyhaven1.8 miles21
Hundred Oaks1.9 miles27
Woody Acres2.0 miles19

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.

Wikipedia article on AcmarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q12887040The 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 164535. 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.