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Beaverton, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Sulligent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35544. It stands on Turkey Branch. The Survey maps it on the Beaverton quadrangle. 187 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 377 feet above sea level.

Beaverton within Lamar County

Population over time

2 figures

Beaverton fell from 201 to 187 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
2010201
2020187-14 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

44 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Beaverton between 1994 and 2020, burning about 336 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 12 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
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1999Arson/incendiarism14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor1.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190916-6
14 September 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use22 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160910-4
8 August 2016Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160808-1
30 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lamar County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Beaverton: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mixon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Lamar County

Storms near this place

26 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beaverton in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 14 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 tornado, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2008Tornado (EF1)Beaverton$50,000The tornado touched down just southwest of the town of Beaverton, along US-278, and then tracked northeast from there. The metal roof of the Beaverton Post Office was blown off, and City Hall also sustained roof damage. Also in Beaverton, two trains were stranded on the tracks due to a power outage. The conductors were aware of the tornado warnings because they said they heard the tornado sirens about 20 minutes before the storm hit. One of the railroad personnel apparently witnessed the tornado. Elsewhere along the path, several hardwood trees were uprooted and many more softwood trees were snapped off. A few homes suffered significant damage from downed trees, and a few roads were temporarily closed due to the fallen trees. The tornado continued into Marion County.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBeaverton$20,000Several trees were blown down in an area near and northeast of Beaverton. One large tree fell onto a vehicle on US-278 in Beaverton. The occupants of the vehicle were rescued without injury.
November 2006Thunderstorm WindBeaverton$5,000Several Trees were blown down, blocking CR 49 just northwest of Beaverton.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindBeaverton$5,000Power lines were blown down just to the northeast of Beaverton near the Marion County line.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindBeaverton$3,000Trees were blown down near Beaverton.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBeaverton$3,000A few trees were blown down in the Henson Springs community.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindBeaverton$3,000Several trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2005HailBeaverton$2,000Golf ball size hail fell in and near Beaverton.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindBeaverton$2,000A few trees were knocked down in and around Beaverton.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindBeaverton$2,000A storage building was damaged and trees down at Beaverton in northeast Lamar County.
April 2005HailBeaverton$1,000Quarter size hail was reported in and around the Mansfield community.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindBeaverton-A tree was downed on Highway 278 and Sorghum Hollow Rd.
December 2024Tornado (EF0)Beaverton-The tornado began near the intersection of Sharon Chapel Road and Cantrell Road, where a house sustained shingle damage. The tornado moved northeastward and ended near Olive Hill Road, where a cluster of trees was uprooted and snapped. Maximum winds were estimated at 70 mph.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBeaverton-Tree down on power lines along U.S. Highway 278 at Brentwood Drive.
February 2016Tornado (EF1)Beaverton-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northern Lamar County and have determined that the damage was consistent with an EF-1 tornado. Winds were estimated to be around 105 mph.||The tornado touched down along Christain Road near Taylor Springs Road. It moved north-northeast and caused major roof damage to one residence at the intersection of Pond Road and Garrison Road. From there, the tornado turned more to the northeast snapping and uprooting trees as it crossed County Road 49, Piney Grove Road, Pinewood Circle, and Turkey Branch Road. One residence on Pinewood Circle sustained minor shingle damage. The tornado continued northeast causing only tree damage until it lifted along Sorghum Hollow Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBeaverton-Several trees uprooted and power lines downed on 4 Oaks Road.
October 2014Tornado (EF0)Beaverton-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage in extreme northeast Lamar County and have determined that the damage was the result of a brief EF-0 tornado. The weak tornado touched down in extreme northeastern Lamar County north of Beaverton. The tornado touched down just to the southwest of Henson Springs Road and continued to the northeast. The only damage observed was along Henson Springs Road where 20-30 trees were either uprooted or snapped. Most of the trees were facing northeast but there were indications of convergent damage. No structural damage was observed in the area. The tornado continued to the northeast over mostly forest and open farm land. The tornado lifted just to the southeast of the Pikeville Country Club before entering Marion County.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBeaverton-Several trees uprooted blocking Highway 278.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindBeaverton-At least four trees were blown down along Mount Hebron Road, one of which was large and blocking the roadway.
May 2012Flash FloodBeaverton-Heavy rainfall resulted in water across several roads south of Beaverton, which had to be closed.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBeaverton-Trees were reported down in the Beaverton Community.
June 2009Flash FloodBeaverton-Eight inches of running water was reported over CR-49, in Beaverton.
March 2015HailBeaverton-no account filed
April 2010HailBeaverton-no account filed
March 2010HailBeaverton-no account filed
April 2006HailBeaverton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lamar 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
Crews3.4 miles12
Mansfield5.8 miles11
Moscow6.1 miles12
Sulligent6.4 miles12
Henson Springs6.5 miles8
Pine Springs7.0 miles12
Blooming Grove9.7 miles11
Detroit10.4 miles10

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 BeavertonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q66170The 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 113775. 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.