BlockBarlow Bend, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Grove Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36540. The Survey maps it on the Gainestown quadrangle. It stands 249 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Gainestown quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Atmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Barlow Bend between 1994 and 2020, burning about 652 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140919-001 |
| 14 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190914-4 |
| 4 July 2006 | Natural | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 May 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 May 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 May 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barlow Bend in 5 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barlow Bend | $8,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees near Barlow Bend. |
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Barlow Bend | - | A new tornado was discovered after thorough review of available high resolution satellite imagery. A narrow continuous path of notable tree damage was observed from just southwest of Barlow Bend Road and east of Pops Road, continuing northeast to just north of Linda's Creek. The intensity is estimated to be EF0 in corroboration with other satellite and ground-based surveys in the region. The tornado reached a peak width of 200 yards. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Barlow Bend | - | Quarter size hail in Barlow Bend. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barlow Bend | - | Trees and power lines down in Gainestown area. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Barlow Bend | - | Heavy rains from a cluster of thunderstorms caused several roads around Barlow Bend to flood. The roads had to be closed for about an hour. Three to four inches of rainfall were estimated across the area in a one hour period. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gainestown | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Manila | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Alma | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Gosport | 9.2 miles | 7 | |
| Choctaw Bluff | 9.3 miles | 12 | |
| Suggsville | 9.8 miles | 7 | |
| Walker Springs | 10.2 miles | 8 | |
| Rockville | 11.3 miles | 12 |
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 Barlow Bend | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17182612 | 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 156024. 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.