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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.

Adamsville within Jefferson County

Population over time

2 figures

Adamsville 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.

YearPeople Change
20104,522
20204,366-156 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

275 since 1994

Regional 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/incendiarism123
Debris and open burning80
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Recreation and ceremony11
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2

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
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionPICKLE DRIVE, AL
30 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1998Arson/incendiarism30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution6.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150923-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jef 1 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Jef 2 Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

9 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2004Thunderstorm WindAdamsville$160,000Numerous 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 2005Flash FloodAdamsville$3,000US Highway 78 in Adamsville was flooded and temporarily closed.
July 2005Flash FloodAdamsville$2,000High water was covering US Highway 78 in Adamsville. The road was temporarily closed.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindAdamsville-Multiple trees were downed in Adamsville, with some blocking roadways.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindAdamsville-Trees were downed in the Adamsville and Forestdale areas. Including along Highway 78 near Main St in Adamsville.
November 2025Thunderstorm WindAdamsville-Numerous trees were downed in the Adamsville area.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindAdamsville-Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in the town of Adamsville.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindAdamsville-A few trees were reported down near Adamsville.
February 1998HailAdamsville-Dime size hail was reported in Birmingport.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Glasgow0.7 miles28
Midway0.9 miles28
Westwood Garden Estates1.0 miles28
Longview Estates1.0 miles28
Union Grove1.1 miles28
Grays Gardens1.2 miles28
Red Wine1.2 miles28
Graysville Heights1.3 miles28

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 AdamsvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79989The 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.