Bon Air, Alabama
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Childersburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35032. It stands on Fourmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Childersburg quadrangle. 172 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 440 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBon Air grew from 116 to 172 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 116 | |
| 2020 | 172 | +56 (+48%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1890 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Childersburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Childersburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
272 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 272 fires within 5 miles of Bon Air between 1994 and 2020, burning about 5,481 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 77 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 | 111 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 77 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190927-6 |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Bon Air: 20 unknowns, 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childersburg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kymulga Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Butler Estate Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Wesson Manganese Mine | Manganese | Prospect | 1918 | |
| Wesson Mn Mine Big Grunt Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Childsburg | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Cliett Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Fulton Gap | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Singleton Deposits | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Singleton Limonite Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bon Air in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bon Air | $3,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down around the city of Childersburg. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bon Air | $2,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down at 9th Avenue and 4th Street, in Childersburg. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bon Air | $1,000 | Several large tree limbs were broken off, in Childersburg. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bon Air | - | Several trees uprooted near the intersection of Pine Grove Road and Coleman Road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bon Air | - | Several trees uprooted near Pecan Road. |
| December 2009 | Heavy Rain | Bon Air | - | Street flooding was reported on Magnolia Street, in Childersburg. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Bon Air | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Bon Air | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minor Terrace | 0.8 miles | 19 | |
| Coosa Court | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Childersburg | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Grove Park | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Boaz Corner | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Pinewood Terrace | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Center Hill | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Forest Hills | 2.2 miles | 19 |
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 Bon Air | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q67661 | 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 114706. 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.







