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Baileyton, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Baileyton-Joppa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35019. It stands on Herring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hulaco quadrangle. 649 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 984 feet above sea level.

Baileyton within Cullman County

Population over time

2 figures

Baileyton grew from 610 to 649 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
2010610
2020649+39 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

33 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Baileyton between 1998 and 2019, burning about 149 acres in total. None 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
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 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190926-6
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Smoking6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160923-9
18 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCOUNTY ROAD 1561, AL
18 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCOUNTY ROAD 1561, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cullman County

Storms near this place

25 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baileyton in 25 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 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
October 2002Tornado (F0)Baileyton$24,000An F0 tornado touched down briefly in the extreme northeast part of Cullman County producing a tornado damage path about 1 mile in length and 100 yards wide. The tornado began at 10:06 am CDT about 2.1 miles southwest of Baileyton or just south of County Road 1693 and just south of State Road 69. The tornado traveled north-northeast, crossing SR 69 before ending just north of SR 69.Most damage occurred along CR 1693 just south of SR 69. On CR 1693 three homes and four outbuildings received minor damage, one outbuilding was destroyed, and three green houses were damaged. Trees and power lines along CR 1693 were downed. On SR 69, one cabinet shop received moderate damage; a house and another business were damaged and one outbuilding was destroyed. Two witnesses reported seeing the tornado.Beg: 34 14.471/86 38.378 End: 34 15.283/86 38.293
January 2012Thunderstorm WindBaileyton$20,000A fast moving miniature supercell with a pronounced and shallow bounded weak echo region on radar tore the roof off a barn and knocked down and uprooted multiple trees. The damage occurred near the intersection of County Road 1769 about one mile north of Highway 67. Residents took refuge in a tornado shelter and remarked that the winds blew through and ended in less than a minute.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBaileyton$15,000Downburst winds destroyed two outbuildings, heavily damaged a barn, and uprooted several trees.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBaileyton$14,000Numerous trees were reported blown down in Baileyton.
April 1998HailBaileyton$9,000Golf ball size hail was reported in Baileyton.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBaileyton$8,000Trees were blown down in Joppa on the 2800 block of highway 67.
May 1997HailBaileyton$7,000Golf ball size hail was reported in Baileyton, in the northeast part of the county.
April 1997HailBaileyton$3,000Three-quarter inch hail was reported in Baileyton, in the northeast part of the county.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindBaileyton$2,000Trees were knocked down blocking the roadway on Schoolhouse Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBaileyton$2,000A tree was blown down onto a home and power lines were also knocked down on Summitt road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBaileyton$1,000A tree was knocked down on Holly Pond Road at Bailey Road. Time estimated by radar.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBaileyton$1,000Several trees were knocked down in the Baileyton area.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBaileyton$200A tree was knocked down.
May 2025HailBaileyton-Golf ball size hail was reported near the intersection of highway 69 and 67 in the Hulaco area. Report relayed via BMX. Time was estimated from radar.
September 2022Flash FloodBaileyton-Hulaco Road underwater due to flash flooding. Depth of water unknown.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBaileyton-Thunderstorm winds uprooted a very large tree in Baileyton on Hulaco Road.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindBaileyton-A few trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
December 2015Flash FloodBaileyton-Numerous bridges washed out throughout the county, including bridges on County Roads 1059 and 1121. Grandview Bridge also washed out. Heavy rainfall also caused a 10-foot sinkhole to open on County Road 1371.
February 2009Funnel CloudBaileyton-A spotter reported a funnel cloud near Baileyton.
August 2008HailBaileyton-Penny size hail was reported near highway 69 and School House Road in Baileyton.
August 2008HailBaileyton-Quarter size hail was reported by the Sheriff department.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindBaileyton-Thunderstorm winds tore a portion of a porch from a home.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBaileyton-Trees and power lines were blown down in Baileyton and Fairview.
February 2005HailBaileyton-Penny size hail reported.
May 2003HailBaileyton-tennis ball size hail reported.

Every storm recorded in Cullman 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
Birdsong2.2 miles17
Brooklyn2.5 miles19
Joppa3.9 miles20
Fairview4.0 miles18
New Hope4.2 miles17
New Harmony4.4 miles19
Union Grove4.8 miles19
County Line5.2 miles18

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 BaileytonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q67886The 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 113366. 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.