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Atmore, Alabama

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Atmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36502. The Survey maps it on the Atmore quadrangle. 8,391 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 282 feet above sea level.

Atmore within Escambia County

On record in Atmore

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Atmore fell from 10,194 to 8,391 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
201010,194
20208,391-1,803 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

125 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Atmore between 1992 and 2018, burning about 782 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 23 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 burning50
Arson/incendiarism23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use15
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking5
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3

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
30 September 2007Smoking22 acresFlorida Forest Service17-JAKE'S ROAD FIRE-1553
30 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission2165 JAMES RD, AL
3 August 2004Debris and open burning1.3 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 1994Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 August 2007Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Storms near this place

42 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atmore in 42 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 9 flash flood, 7 hail, 2 tornado. 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
December 2009Flash FloodAtmore$1,250,000Heavy rain produced widespread flash flooding in Atmore. Numerous homes, businesses, and roads were flooded. Several cars were stranded in the streets of downtown Atmore.
March 2014Thunderstorm WindAtmore$250,000Winds estimated at 90 mph caused the front of Freds to collapse and part of the wall at Oreilly Auto Parts in Atmore. Structural damage also occurred at Burkes Outlet.
December 2009Flash FloodAtmore$250,000Heavy rains produced widespread flooding in Atmore. Numerous roads were flooded and several cars were stranded.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindAtmore$70,000Several trees along with a few sheds were blown over near Atmore. Several trees were also blown down along Interstate 65 north of Atmore. A lightning strike set a house on fire and the home was completely destroyed.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindAtmore$20,000High winds, along the leading edge of a squall line, blew down several trees between Huxford and Atmore.
July 1998Flash FloodAtmore$20,000Heavy rainfall caused several streets in the Atmore area to flood. The streets had to be closed for a couple of hours because of motorists driving through them and creating wakes. The wakes caused water to enter some homes in low lying areas. Radar and surface reports estimated that around five inches of rain fell in a three hour period across the area.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindAtmore$10,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a tree onto a house on Harris Street.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindAtmore$10,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large tree onto a storage shed and home. A roof was also blown off of an equipment shop.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindAtmore$10,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees and power lines near Atmore.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindAtmore$10,000Trees were blown down east of the community as thunderstorms moved through the area.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindAtmore$7,500no account filed
March 2014Thunderstorm WindAtmore$7,000Winds estimated at 70 mph caused roof damage, missing shingles, trim, wood debris also driven into ground and scattered on property of Canoe Baptist Church on Hwy 31.
June 1998HailAtmore$6,000State police reported golfball size hail in the community. High winds of around 50 mph also damaged a roof on a home.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindAtmore$5,000A metal roof was peeled back on an auto repair shop and downed trees.
January 2016Thunderstorm WindAtmore$5,000Winds estimated at 70 mph downed trees and damaged a wooden fence and swingset.
January 2016Thunderstorm WindAtmore$5,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees and power lines on Montgomery Street.
September 2013FloodAtmore$5,000Extensive Areal flooding in Atmore. Parking lots and several roads covered with water. Water also entering a couple of residences.
July 2005Tornado (F0)Atmore$5,000A tornado developed along the fringes of Tropical Storm Cindy. The tornado touched down in a large field near Atmore. The tornado blew down several trees in the field.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindAtmore$5,000Trees were blown down by high winds near the community.
October 1995Thunderstorm WindAtmore$5,000Several trees and power lines were blown down in Atmore.
March 2003HailAtmore$4,000Golfball size hail from a thunderstorm broke several automobile windshields along I-65 near Atmore. Several trees also had leaves stripped from them as a result of the large hail. The hail lasted for several minutes, and vehicles had to pull off the interstate because of low visibilities.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindAtmore$3,000Several trees were blown down near Atmore.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindAtmore$2,000High winds blew several limbs down. The debris was blown over the road near exit 57 at I - 65, north of Atmore.
January 1997Thunderstorm WindAtmore$1,500no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindAtmore$1,000Several trees were blown down in Atmore.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindAtmore$500Several large limbs were blown down around the Atmore area.
February 1995Thunderstorm WindAtmore$500Several trees were blown down across power lines in Atmore.
April 2025Flash FloodAtmore-Heavy rain caused significant flash flooding in Atmore.
June 2021Flash FloodAtmore-Heavy rain caused water to cover Main Street in Atmore.
March 2011Flash FloodAtmore-Heavy rain caused water to cover several roadways in and around Atmore.
May 2010Flash FloodAtmore-Heavy rain caused flash flooding which resulted in numerous roads being closed due to high water.
November 2006Flash FloodAtmore-Slow moving thunderstorms brought heavy rains to the west part of the county. Rainfall totals were around 3-4 inches across the area. Several roads were closed due to high water from the heavy rain.
September 2002Flash FloodAtmore-Heavy rains as a result of Tropical Storm Isidore caused several streets to have standing water in them in Atmore. Many secondary roads had to be closed for several hours due to the high water.
April 1995Tornado (F0)Atmore-A roaring sound was heard and a tornado briefly touched down along Interstate 65 near exit 57. No damage was found. Marble-size hail was also observed. The length and width of the tornado were estimated.
March 2014Thunderstorm WindAtmore-no account filed
June 2012Thunderstorm WindAtmore-no account filed
May 2004HailAtmore-no account filed
April 2003HailAtmore-no account filed
May 2003HailAtmore-no account filed
April 2001HailAtmore-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindAtmore-no account filed
April 1996HailAtmore-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Escambia 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
Raley Forest Hill1.3 miles11
Southern Estates1.5 miles9
Briar Lake Estates1.8 miles9
Malta2.1 miles9
Old Bratt Road Estates2.6 miles12
Pleasant Hill2.7 miles9
Freemanville3.6 miles11
Nokomis3.9 miles11

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 AtmoreAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79683The 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 113272. 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.

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.