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Claud, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Tallassee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36024. It stands on Haney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Claud quadrangle.

Claud within Elmore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

156 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Claud between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,283 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 20 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 burning69
Recreation and ceremony21
Arson/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use11
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural2
Fireworks1
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 2006Arson/incendiarism30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNEAR CR57/CR 170, AL
10 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2000Debris and open burning2.6 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1998Debris and open burning4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elmore County

Storms near this place

14 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Claud in 14 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2011Thunderstorm WindClaud$1,000A tree was reported down on Hwy 63 near Claud.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindClaud$1,000Several trees were blown down on AL-14, just east of the Claud Community.
January 2026Thunderstorm WindClaud-A few trees and power lines were downed along Redland Rd, Marshell Rd, Firetower Rd, and Highway 14.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindClaud-Trees were uprooted and a home sustained minor damage on Pleasant Hill Road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindClaud-Several trees uprooted near the intersection of State Route 14 and Jug Factory Road.
November 2021Tornado (EF0)Claud-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in Elmore County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 70 mph. An isolated, low-topped supercell produced a weak, brief tornado along Pleasant Hill Road about 8.9 miles northeast of Wetumpka. About a dozen large trees were uprooted sporadically along the path in a convergent pattern near the center of the path, with weaker tree limb damage on the outskirts of the path. A tree fell on a barn. One manufactured home had a roof partially removed with minor damage to a deck and skirting.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindClaud-Large tree fell on home causing significant structural damage. Numerous reports of trees uprooted across Elmore County.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindClaud-Power lines downed in the community of Redland.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindClaud-Trees uprooted and power lines downed on Price Road north of Redland Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindClaud-A few trees uprooted in the Redland Community.
December 2015Flash FloodClaud-Greater than six inches of water flowing over Tallassee Highway near Haynes Road.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindClaud-Delete.
June 2012HailClaud-no account filed
April 2008HailClaud-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Elmore 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
Glendale Acres2.1 miles17
Good Hope3.1 miles17
Floyd3.2 miles17
Hidden Forest4.0 miles17
Eclectic4.3 miles16
Neman4.6 miles11
Santuck4.9 miles16
Chana Creek5.2 miles11

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.

Wikidata item Q20585722The 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 116193. 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.

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.