Bradleyton, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Petrey-Highland Home census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36041. It stands on Jordan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grady quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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
- 1968 USGS Grady quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
94 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Bradleyton between 1994 and 2020, burning about 474 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 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 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140927-001 |
| 22 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140922-001 |
| 20 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Bradleyton: 9 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cre 2 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Cre 7 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bradleyton in 6 storm reports between 2005 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Bradleyton | $150,000 | A weak tornado moved across the northeast part of Crenshaw county. The tornado touched down near Bradleyton and moved almost due east for about four miles. Most of the damage was to timber with some minor damage to a church and a few homes. The most damage occurred when a tree fell through an almost new manufactured home and split the home in two. The tornado dissipated near the Helicon community. The lady who would have normally been sleeping in the home where the tree fell, had gone to the hospital for an appointment. Other people were sleeping on both ends of the home and never knew the tree had split the home in two until someone woke them up. No one was injured. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Bradleyton | $3,000 | Golfball size hail fell from a thunderstorm near Bradleyton. The large hail caused minor damage to a few vehicles. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradleyton | - | High winds caused damage on East Helicon and Shady Grove Road. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradleyton | - | High winds downed trees on Pouncy Road. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradleyton | - | High winds downed trees near Jordan Road and Bradleyton Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradleyton | - | Severe thunderstorm winds downed several trees along Norman Rd and Sweetwater Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helicon | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Garnersville | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Magnolia Shores | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Sardis | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Petrey | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| Saville | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Highland Home | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Live Oak | 6.4 miles | 7 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122558067 | 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 114815. 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.



