Battleground, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Vinemont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35179. It stands on Kid Branch. The Survey maps it on the Falkville quadrangle. It stands 1,079 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1888 USGS Cullman quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Cullman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1927 USGS Falkville quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Falkville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Falkville quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
88 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Battleground between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,025 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 22 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180904-5 |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160924-16 |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190922-21 |
| 22 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180922-10 |
| 19 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180917-1 |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Battleground in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 8 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battleground | $30,000 | Multiple trees were knocked down and chicken houses were damaged on CR 1101 near highway 157. |
| January 1999 | Hail | Battleground | $15,000 | Dime to quarter size hail was reported near Battleground. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battleground | $3,000 | A tree and power lines were knocked down at this location on CR 1107. Time was estimated form radar data. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battleground | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down and blocking the road on CR 1107. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battleground | $500 | Two trees were knocked down on CR 1101. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battleground | $200 | A tree was knocked down. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battleground | - | An unspecified number of trees were reported down in locations from north central through southeast Cullman County. |
| March 2021 | Flash Flood | Battleground | - | Intersection of CR1114 and 1141 closed due to water over the road. Depth of water unknown at this time. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Battleground | - | Grapefruit sized hail was reported. |
| February 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Battleground | - | An EF-0 tornado with maximum winds of 75 mph and a path width of 20 yards tracked about one quarter mile on a farm just east of battleground. The tornado first snapped and twisted four tall hardwood trees before advancing northeast and destroying a large but unoccupied chicken barn. Metal and wood debris was shredded and twisted amongst nearby trees and damaged the adjacent home and a mobile home. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Battleground | - | One inch hail was reported in Battleground. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Battleground | - | Golf ball size hail damaged cars in the Battleground area. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Battleground | - | Golf ball size hail fell. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Battleground | - | Penny size hail reported. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Battleground | - | golf ball size hail reported |
| March 1998 | Hail | Battleground | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centerville | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Corinth | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Clifty | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Dripping Springs | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| West Point | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Central | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Longview | 6.9 miles | 20 | |
| Jones Chapel | 7.1 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 Battleground | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4873140 | 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 159122. 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.









