Choccolocco, Alabama
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Choccolocco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36207. It stands on Egoniaga Creek. The Survey maps it on the Choccolocco quadrangle. 2,838 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 679 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresChoccolocco grew from 2,804 to 2,838 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,804 | |
| 2020 | 2,838 | +34 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1900 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Choccolocco quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Choccolocco quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Choccolocco quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
177 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Choccolocco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,768 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 67 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/incendiarism | 67 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190930-16 |
| 30 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20140930-001 |
| 28 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | TRAILHEAD |
| 28 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge | FREDRICK HILL FIRE |
| 15 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160915-13 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 39 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Choccolocco: 19 unknowns, 10 past producers, 5 producers, 3 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cal 3 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| De Armanville Prospect | Aluminum, Kaolin | Prospect | ||
| Norton No.2 Property | Manganese | Prospect | 1942 | |
| Oxford Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Baker-Rhodes Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Hudson Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Austin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bennett Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cobb Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Cobb Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Choccolocco in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Choccolocco | $150,000 | The tornado touched down on Cross Creek Road, just east of Choccolocco Road. It then moved north-northwestward, roughly parallel to Choccolocco Road, and lifted near the intersection of Choccolocco Road and Cobb Road. One auto shop was destroyed and two houses sustained moderate damage. Additionally, one home suffered light damage and 50 to 100 trees were snapped off or uprooted along the path. This tornado was associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Choccolocco | - | Pines lines downed near the Pinehill Golf Club. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Choccolocco | - | A large tree fell on a residence along Reneau St, causing roof damage. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Choccolocco | - | no account filed |
| September 2017 | Hail | Choccolocco | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| Iron City | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Tooktocaugee (historical) | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Holly Springs | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Old Davisville | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Joseph Springs | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| DeArmanville | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 3.5 miles | 19 |
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 Choccolocco | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1292059 | 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 159400. 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.







