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Cedar Bluff, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cedar Bluff-Gaylesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35959. It lies near Buffingtons Island. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Bluff quadrangle. 1,845 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 592 feet above sea level.

Cedar Bluff within Cherokee County

On record in Cedar Bluff

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

Population over time

2 figures

Cedar Bluff grew from 1,820 to 1,845 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,820
20201,845+25 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

160 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Bluff between 1997 and 2017, burning about 2,419 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 102 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/incendiarism102
Debris and open burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Smoking3
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-23
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Bluff: 5 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 prospects, 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
Gaylesville AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
Round Mountain MineIronPast Producer
Round Mt. MineIronPast ProducerHematite
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

Storms near this place

34 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Bluff in 34 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1994Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff$500,000Strong winds with a thunderstorm produced scattered damage in the Cedar Bluff area of Cherokee County. A portion of the roof to the Cedar Bluff High School gym was blown off. A number of trees were blown down, and a lumber company lost part of the roof as did a paint and body shop. A number of houses and mobile homes just east of Cedar Bluff suffered roof damage. Four homes were damaged, two mobile homes destroyed, and two mobile homes damaged in the Watson's Crossroads area on Alabama Highway 35 north of Gaylesville. Twelve camping trailers were destroyed in the Buffington Campground.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff$8,000Numerous trees and power lines were reported blown down in and around Cedar Bluff.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff$5,000A tree fell on a house on Russell Street.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff$5,000A tree was blown down onto a mobile home along Boundary Avenue, in Cedar Bluff.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff$5,000A few trees were blown down on CR 97 near the Fullerton community.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff$3,000Several trees were blown down on County Road 44, west of Cedar Bluff.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff$3,000Several trees were blown down on County Road 144, north of Cedar Bluff.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down at the intersection of CR-75 and CR-144, in Cedar Bluff.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff$2,000Several trees were blown down near the intersection of CR 68 and CR 75, just north of Cedar Bluff.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff$1,000A few trees and power lines were downed around Cedar Bluff, including Railroad Ave at Cornwall Ave, Cornwall Dr at Westbrook St, Reese St, and McElrath St.
April 2006HailCedar Bluff$1,000Hail just larger than golf balls damaged vehicles on the Highway 68 bridge, in Cedar Bluff.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff$500Trees were knocked down on Cornwall Avenue and Highway 273 in the Cedar Bluff area.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff-Multiple trees were downed in the Cedar Bluff area.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff-Trees were downed in the Cedar Bluff area.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff-A few trees and tree limbs were downed along roadways in the Cedar Bluff, Leesburg, and Centre areas. This included a couple tall pine trees that were downed across a driveway at a residence along County Road 131 near Cedar Bluff.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff-Numerous trees uprooted in the city of Cedar Bluff and across the northern half of Cherokee County. Roof damage to home on County Road 778.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff-Several trees uprooted along County Road 75.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff-Several trees uprooted along Brown Street in the town of Cedar Bluff.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff-Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in the town of Cedar Bluff.
May 2017Flash FloodCedar Bluff-Several roads under water and impassable in the Cedar Bluff Community, including Boundary Avenue, Lawrence Street, and portions of County Road 75.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff-Power lines blown down on County Road 44, County Road 698, and County Road 102 near the town of Cedar Bluff.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff-Several trees uprooted in and near the Cedar Bluff Community.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff-A tree was reported down across County Road 131, just off of Highway 9.
April 2009HailCedar Bluff-Golf ball to baseball sized hail was reported in and around Cedar Bluff.
April 2006HailCedar Bluff-Reported at the Cedar Bluff Post Office.
October 2005HailCedar Bluff-Golf ball size hail was observed by law enforcement officials near Cedar Bluff.
August 1998HailCedar Bluff-Dime size hail was reported in Cedar Bluff.
March 2017HailCedar Bluff-no account filed
July 2012HailCedar Bluff-no account filed
June 2011HailCedar Bluff-no account filed
June 2007HailCedar Bluff-no account filed
April 2007HailCedar Bluff-no account filed
April 2007HailCedar Bluff-no account filed
April 2007HailCedar Bluff-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cherokee 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
Cornwall1.4 miles19
Summer Estates1.8 miles19
Antioch1.8 miles19
Cornwall Furnace1.8 miles19
Pathkiller Cove2.4 miles19
Antioch Estates2.6 miles19
Shangrila3.0 miles19
Mountain Acres3.1 miles20

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 Cedar BluffAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q66331The 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 155014. 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.