Alfalfa, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Demopolis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36742. The Survey maps it on the Demopolis quadrangle. It stands 144 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1946 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
37 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Alfalfa between 1994 and 2020, burning about 299 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140924-004 |
| 18 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 2006 | Natural | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 June 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Alfalfa: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demopolis Quarry & Cement Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Tolar Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alfalfa in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 2 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxwood | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Spocari | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Baptist Hill | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Demopolis | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Rockcut | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Shortleaf | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Old Spring Hill | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Tombigbee (historical) | 8.8 miles | 11 |
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 Alfalfa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4721866 | 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 155985. 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.






