Brooksville, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Brooksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35031. It lies near Rocky Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Brooksville quadrangle. It stands 801 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 23 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.
- 1885 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Brooksville quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Brooksville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Brooksville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
98 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Brooksville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 796 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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 | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200905-1 |
| 4 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-8 |
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Brooksville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D and R Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brooksville in 5 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were down in the Brooksville area according to the Blount County Emergency Management Agency. Several trees were downed in the Hayden area. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $1,000 | A few trees were downed in the Blountsville, Brookville, and Altoona areas of Blount County. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | - | Several trees uprooted along Highway 278 in the town of Brooksville. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | - | Trees blocking roadway at the intersection of Highway 278 and Highway 79. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Brooksville | - | Quarter sized hail fell near Brooksville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Star | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Summit | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Rock Springs | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Craig (historical) | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Birdie | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| McLarty | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Fowler (historical) | 4.1 miles | 23 | |
| Liberty | 4.3 miles | 20 |
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 Brooksville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4975133 | 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 114969. 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.












