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Buhl, Alabama

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Coker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35446. It stands on Springer Slough. The Survey maps it on the Elrod quadrangle. It stands 269 feet above sea level.

Buhl within Tuscaloosa County

On record in Buhl

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

73 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Buhl between 1995 and 2020, burning about 522 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 23 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
Arson/incendiarism23
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Natural1
Smoking1

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
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1997Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20130919-002
15 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20130915-001
11 September 2020Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200911-1
22 August 2008Debris and open burning3.8 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCOUNTY ROAD 19, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscaloosa 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 Buhl: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Tuscaloosa County

Storms near this place

15 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buhl in 15 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 4 tornado. The reports record 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2005Tornado (F1)Buhl2 hurt, $250,000no account filed
September 2005Tornado (F1)Buhl$200,000The third tornado to affect the Buhl community in one afternoon touched down at approximately 559 PM CDT. The tornado started just east of Sipsey Valley Road and moved due north. The tornado damaged several homes near Sipsey Valley Road and Sipsey Lane. The tornado moved over rural countryside and then entered Buhl. The Volunteer Fire Department and several other buildings sustained minor roof damage. The tornado then turned to the left and crossed County Road 140 and US Highway 82. The tornado moved along the Sipsey River north of US 82 and lifted around 606 PM CDT. Numerous trees and several power lines were snapped off or were uprooted along the path. This tornado was occurred from the same parent thunderstorm that produced the tornado down the street on Sipsey Valley Road. The tornado damage path was 4.8 miles long and 125 yards wide at its widest point. This tornado was produced by the remnants of Hurricane Rita. Begin: 33 13.19/8745.60 End: 33 17.29/87 45.40
September 2005Tornado (F0)Buhl$60,000A tornado touched down at approximately 552 PM CDT along Sipsey Valley Road between Buhl and Romulus. The tornado damaged three homes and snapped off several trees near Sipsey Valley Road. The tornado lifted in the rural countryside east of Sipsey Valley Road around 553 PM CDT. The tornado damage path was 1.2 miles long and 60 yards wide at its widest point. This tornado was produced by the remnants of Hurricane Rita.Begin: 33 10.19/87 46.49 End: 33 11.09/8745.79
September 2005Tornado (F0)Buhl$20,000no account filed
May 2003HailBuhl$15,000Penny to half dollar size hail was reported near Buhl, Romulus, Tuscaloosa, Abernant, Tuscaloosa Airport, and Northport.
December 2009Thunderstorm WindBuhl$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down on Sipsey Valley Road.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindBuhl$2,000Several trees were blown down in the Buhl community.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindBuhl$500A tree was blown down on Sipsey Valley Road, just north of Kellyton Road.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindBuhl-Several trees uprooted in the town of Buhl.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindBuhl-Power lines down near the intersection of Sipsey Valley Road and Cornelius Church Road.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindBuhl-In the Buhl and Elrod communities, numerous trees and powerlines were blown down along U.S. Highway 82 and County Road 140. In addition, several buildings in the surrounding area, including a church and at least two manufactured homes, sustained minor damage. One manufactured home sustained heavy damage from a fallen tree.
May 1999HailBuhl-Dime size hail was reported in Buhl.
September 2009HailBuhl-no account filed
April 2009HailBuhl-no account filed
March 2007HailBuhl-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tuscaloosa 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
Western Hills Estates2.0 miles18
Western Hills2.1 miles18
Elrod2.1 miles10
Forest Green Park2.4 miles15
Forest Green3.0 miles15
Coker Heights3.1 miles15
Bel Air Estates3.5 miles18
Pine Circle3.5 miles15

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 BuhlAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4986303The 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 115168. 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.