Boylston, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36110. The Survey maps it on the Montgomery North quadrangle.

Boylston within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1927 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:48000
1930 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Montgomery North quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1975 USGS Montgomery North quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

54 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Boylston between 1994 and 2018, burning about 413 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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	24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Arson/incendiarism	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Natural	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
7 September 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	3.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2015	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	ECR-20150915-001
15 September 1999	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	126 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2002	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	188 MONROE STREET, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Boylston: 15 producers, 4 past producers. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Alabama River	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite	Producer	Quartz
French Street Brick Plant	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Browder Pit	Clay	Producer
Excelsior Mine	Clay	Producer
Gober Pit Jenkins Brick Company	Clay	Producer
Jenkins Brick Co., Inc. Pit	Clay	Producer
Coosada Ferry Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Cossada Ferry Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dozier Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dredge Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

4 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boylston in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 2 tornado, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths and 2 injuries. 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
November 2022	Tornado (EF2)	Boylston	2 killed, 2 hurt	National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in Montgomery County and determined that it was consistent with an EF2 tornado, with maximum winds near 120 mph. The tornado crossed the Alabama River and into Montgomery County and continued east-northeastward towards Coosada Ferry Road, where it uprooted and snapped several pine trees. It strengthened as it reached Williams Road, where a manufactured home and a site-built home suffered roof damage. Just west of Franson Road two manufactured homes were completely destroyed with debris blown downstream. One manufactured home had some evidence of straps but the occupancy status of both are unknown. As the tornado moved into the Flatwood community, many homes had roof damage and damage from uprooted trees. Unfortunately an uprooted tree fell on a manufactured home, resulting in two fatalities and one serious injury. The concrete masonry unit community center also suffered collapse of all exterior walls. The tornado crossed Lower Wetumpka Road twice, continuing to snap and uproot trees and cause roof damage, with one home suffering complete roof loss. A couple of wooden transmission line poles fell north of Anderson Road. The tornado then crossed the Tallapoosa River into Elmore County.
April 2025	Flash Flood	Boylston	-	Flooding was reported at various locations across the city of Montgomery.
May 2021	Tornado (EF0)	Boylston	-	National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northwest Montgomery County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 75 mph. This tornado began in Autauga County, then crossed through Elmore County and into Montgomery County at the Alabama River. The tornado was in a weakening state at this time and traveled southeast for only a few miles before dissipating near the intersection of the Alabama River Parkway and Highway 152. Damage consisted of few uprooted trees.
December 2015	Flood	Boylston	-	Rises along the Alabama River resulted in five homes flooded.

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Open Acres	0.6 miles	20
North Pass	0.6 miles	20
Sheridan Heights	0.7 miles	20
Chisholm	0.8 miles	20
Brookview Manor	0.9 miles	20
Eastern Meadows	1.0 miles	20
Park Manor	1.1 miles	20
Garden Square	1.3 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 114799. 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.