Adamsville, Alabama
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Graysville-Adamsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35005. It lies near Glasgow Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Adamsville quadrangle. 4,366 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 577 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAdamsville fell from 4,522 to 4,366 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,522 | |
| 2020 | 4,366 | -156 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 28 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.
- 1889 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1904 USGS Birmingham Coal District quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Birmingham Coal District quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1906 USGS Birmingham Special quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Adamsville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Adamsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Adamsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
275 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 275 fires within 5 miles of Adamsville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,589 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 123 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/incendiarism | 123 |
| Debris and open burning | 80 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | PICKLE DRIVE, AL |
| 30 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20150923-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Adamsville: 2 prospects. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jef 1 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Jef 2 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adamsville in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adamsville | $160,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down from near Shady Grove through Adamsville to near Brookside. Up to 50 homes suffered mainly minor damage, most of which occurred due to falling trees. Three to four homes sustained major damage. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Adamsville | $3,000 | US Highway 78 in Adamsville was flooded and temporarily closed. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Adamsville | $2,000 | High water was covering US Highway 78 in Adamsville. The road was temporarily closed. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adamsville | - | Multiple trees were downed in Adamsville, with some blocking roadways. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adamsville | - | Trees were downed in the Adamsville and Forestdale areas. Including along Highway 78 near Main St in Adamsville. |
| November 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adamsville | - | Numerous trees were downed in the Adamsville area. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adamsville | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in the town of Adamsville. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adamsville | - | A few trees were reported down near Adamsville. |
| February 1998 | Hail | Adamsville | - | Dime size hail was reported in Birmingport. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow | 0.7 miles | 28 | |
| Midway | 0.9 miles | 28 | |
| Westwood Garden Estates | 1.0 miles | 28 | |
| Longview Estates | 1.0 miles | 28 | |
| Union Grove | 1.1 miles | 28 | |
| Grays Gardens | 1.2 miles | 28 | |
| Red Wine | 1.2 miles | 28 | |
| Graysville Heights | 1.3 miles | 28 |
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 Adamsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79989 | 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 112930. 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.













