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Brooklyn, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Baileyton-Joppa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35083. It stands on Tarkiln Branch. The Survey maps it on the Holly Pond quadrangle. It stands 938 feet above sea level.

Brooklyn within Cullman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

37 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Brooklyn between 1997 and 2019, burning about 189 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Smoking6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160923-9
18 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCOUNTY ROAD 1561, AL
18 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCOUNTY ROAD 1561, AL
14 September 2018Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180914-2
6 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140806-001
28 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission1833 ROSWELL CREEK RD, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cullman County

Storms near this place

19 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brooklyn in 19 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 2 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBrooklyn1 hurtDamaging straight-line winds knocked a large tree down on a house north of Holly Pond. One injury was reported.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindBrooklyn$5,000Numerous trees were blown down near Holly Pond in the vicinity of county road 1714, with debris scattered around the area. Also, shingles and siding were blown off a house near the Pilgrim Rest Cemetary by severe thunderstorm winds.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBrooklyn$2,000Power lines were knocked down at 1583 CR 1669. Time estimated by radar.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindBrooklyn$1,000A tree was knocked down blocking the roadway at 2290 CR 1682.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindBrooklyn$1,000A tree was knocked down blocking the roadway at 2290 CR 1682.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindBrooklyn$1,000A tree was knocked down at the intersection of CR 1685 and CR 1682.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindBrooklyn$1,000A tree was knocked down and blocking the road at 1722 CR 1693.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindBrooklyn$1,000Two trees were downed along county road 1714 near Holly Pond. Hail up to quarter size was also falling at the time.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindBrooklyn$200A tree was knocked down onto the road along CR 1678. Time estimated by radar.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindBrooklyn$200A tree was knocked down on CR 1699. Time estimated by radar.
February 2025Flash FloodBrooklyn-CR 1711 between 1727 and Brooklyn Road was reported impassable due to flash flooding. Depth of water estimated to be about 7 or 8 inches deep.
May 2025HailBrooklyn-Quarter size hail was reported in the Brooklyn community near Baileyton. Time was estimated from radar.
March 2021Flash FloodBrooklyn-Part of a backroad washed out along County Road 1716 in Cullman County.
March 2021Flash FloodBrooklyn-Brooklyn Road flooded near Mud Creek north of Holly Pond. Depth of water unknown.
January 2017Flash FloodBrooklyn-Flash flooding reported along CR 1711 at Mud Creek.
May 2010Flash FloodBrooklyn-Portions of CR 1716 were washed away by flash flooding.
May 2010Flash FloodBrooklyn-Portions of CR 1716 were washed away by flash flooding.
April 2009HailBrooklyn-Hail up to the size of quarters fell and covered the ground along CR 1742 near the intersection with CR 1719.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindBrooklyn-Thunderstorm winds produced structural damage and blew trees and power lines down along County Road 798 near Holly Pond.

Every storm recorded in Cullman 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
New Hope2.0 miles17
Birdsong2.1 miles17
Baileyton2.5 miles20
Union Grove3.0 miles19
Holly Pond3.6 miles19
Fairview4.4 miles18
New Harmony4.5 miles19
Baileytown4.9 miles17

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 BrooklynAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4974712The 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 114958. 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.