Cleveland, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Cleveland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35049. It lies near Flat Top. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland quadrangle. 1,245 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 518 feet above sea level.
On record in Cleveland
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
Swann Covered Bridgelisted 1981
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Swann Bridge, Spanning Locust Fork of Black Warrior River, Swann Bridge Road, Clevelandfederal building survey, 16 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresCleveland fell from 1,303 to 1,245 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 | 1,303 | |
| 2020 | 1,245 | -58 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1889 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1907 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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
88 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Cleveland between 1994 and 2019, burning about 603 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 17 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 burning | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20130927-001 |
| 22 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160922-1 |
| 19 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | BLOSSOM LANE, AL |
| 7 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | 22 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20140803-004 |
| 27 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ADAM RD, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cleveland: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Village Springs Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Blount County | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cleveland in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 16 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 5 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1994 | Tornado (F1) | Cleveland | 5 hurt, $500,000 | A tornado produced a damage path 1.6 miles in length and about 100 yards wide on a northeasterly track. The first damage occurred about 1 miles east of Cleveland in central Blount County. After damaging or destroying several mobile homes and a couple of permanent structures, the tornado crossed U. S. Highway 231 and continued northeast damaging several more structures and another mobile home. All five injuries occurred in mobile homes, three in one and two in another. Injuries to one man required 100 stitches. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused damage to the doors of the Cleveland Fire Department building. A tree was blown down onto a school bus, at a bus shop in the same area. |
| March 1996 | Hail | Cleveland | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Cleveland | $8,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $5,000 | Severeal trees were blown down and blocked US-231, from County Road 1 to Swann Bridge Road, in Cleveland. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down on AL-79, near Cleveland. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $1,000 | A few trees blown down. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Cleveland | - | Quarter size hail reported south of Cleveland along Highway 79. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Cleveland | - | High water levels and flooding reported along Highway 79 in Cleveland. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in the city of Cleveland. |
| February 2019 | Hail | Cleveland | - | Penny size hail hail covering ground along Highway 231 in the town of Cleveland. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | Several trees uprooted along Highway 79 near the town of Cleveland. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | Trees uprooted on Swan Bridge Road. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Cleveland | - | Heavy rain caused water to cover the road, which led to the closure of AL-160 at Locust Fork. |
| February 2003 | Hail | Cleveland | - | Penny to quarter size hail was observed in Cleveland. Trees were blown down around the same time in Hayden and in Rosa. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Cleveland | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported in and around Cleveland. |
| September 2000 | Hail | Cleveland | - | Dime size hail was reported in Cleveland and in few other locations in central Blount County. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Cleveland | - | Hail up to the size of a quarter fell in Cleveland. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Cleveland | - | Quarter-size hail was reported at Cleveland. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Cleveland | - | State police reported hail from marble- to golf ball-size near Cleveland about six miles northwest of Oneonta. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Cleveland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Five Points | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Easley | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Fowler Spring | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Blow Gourd | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Rosa | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Joy | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Sky Ball | 3.8 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 Cleveland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65881 | 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 157920. 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.









