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Brooksville, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Somerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35670. It lies near Mason Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Mason Ridge quadrangle. It stands 814 feet above sea level.

Brooksville within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

124 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Brooksville between 1994 and 2019, burning about 950 acres in total. None started naturally. 22 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 burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony10
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190909-7
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20180924-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Brooksville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Plant 4 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

18 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brooksville in 18 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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 2009Thunderstorm WindBrooksville1 killed, $41,000Thunderstorm winds downed two large trees onto a mobile home at 531 South Bethel Road. Tragically, the occupant was killed by the fallen trees.
April 2009Tornado (EF0)Brooksville$20,000A EF-0 tornado snapped and uprooted numerous large pine trees between Shoal Creek Road and Natural Bridge Road. Sporadic tree and structural damage to a shed occurred along Natural Bridge Road, which is just north of Pine Road. Estimated peak wind speed was 85 mph.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindBrooksville$3,000A large pine tree was blown down on Tall Pine road.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindBrooksville$2,000A tree and power line were knocked down at 1466 Highway 67 South.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindBrooksville$2,000A tree and power line were knocked down at 1111 South Bethel Drive.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBrooksville$2,000A tree was knocked down across the road taking down power lines on Jones Avenue in Priceville.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindBrooksville$2,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree which ruptured a propane gas tank at a residence in the Cedar Grove community. The storms then knocked a large oak tree onto a residence on Bethel Road.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindBrooksville$1,000A tree was knocked down across the roadway on South Bethel Road.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBrooksville$1,000A tree was knocked down across Bethel Circle. Time estimated from radar.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBrooksville$500A tree was knocked down on Natural Bridge Road, completely blocking the road. Time estimated by radar.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindBrooksville$400Outflow winds from a decaying thunderstorm to the south knocked down a large tree on Bethel Road between Walnut Grove Church and Shoal Creek Road. Time estimated by radar.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBrooksville$200A tree was knocked down at 1100 Natural Bridge Road.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindBrooksville$200A tree was knocked down and blocking a road.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindBrooksville-A storage building was blown off its foundation at this location.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindBrooksville-A storage building was damage and siding was damaged at a home along Tabscott Road.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindBrooksville-Trees were knocked down on power lines at Autumn Wood Trail at Price Mountain Drive. Time estimated from radar.
July 2015Tornado (EF0)Brooksville-A tornado developed along Bethel Road about two miles south of Priceville. The tornado tracked southeast up a ridge into a residential area along Spring Valley Road and Spring Valley Trail. Wind speeds in the tornado ranged from 60 to 80 mph snapping numerous large tree limbs. At least one tall hardwood tree was partially uprooted while another was fully uprooted although it had a rotted base. A large portion of a tree was toppled onto a home along River Valley Trail causing damage to siding, gutters and the rooftop. The tornado then lifted upon reaching Shoal Creek Road.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindBrooksville-Trees were reported blown down on the 1000 block of Thompson Road.

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Henderson1.7 miles20
Six Way2.2 miles25
Priceville2.7 miles25
Clemons Crossroad2.8 miles19
Cave Springs3.1 miles24
Rocky Point3.2 miles24
Somerville3.6 miles20
Burningtree Mountain3.7 miles25

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 BrooksvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4975135The 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 114970. 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.