Coffee Springs, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bellwood-Coffee Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36318. It stands on Little Beaverdam Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coffee Springs quadrangle. 206 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 246 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresCoffee Springs fell from 251 to 206 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 251 | |
| 2010 | 228 | -23 (-9%) |
| 2020 | 206 | -22 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1942 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Coffee Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
74 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Coffee Springs between 1994 and 2020, burning about 518 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 19 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 | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-12 |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140808-001 |
| 17 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Coffee Springs: 33 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellwood Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| J M Smith Prospect | Graphite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
16 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coffee Springs in 16 storm reports between 2015 and 2026: 14 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffee Springs | $100,000 | High winds destroyed two barns in Geneva county. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffee Springs | $25,000 | A picture was submitted of a barn collapsed in Coffee Springs. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffee Springs | $20,000 | Trees were blown down and a barn was damaged in the Coffee Springs area. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffee Springs | $5,000 | Roof damage was reported in the Coffee springs area. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffee Springs | $2,000 | Strong winds blew a tree onto power lines near Bobby Jones Road and Long Branch road, resulting in a power outage. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffee Springs | $1,000 | Several large trees were blown down in the Coffee Springs area. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffee Springs | - | Trees were down on Highway 2 going towards Chancellor. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffee Springs | - | A tree was blown down at Highway 52 at Coffee Springs Road. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffee Springs | - | Geneva county dispatch reported a tree down on County Road 65 near Five Points. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffee Springs | - | A tree was blown down in the Coffee Springs area. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffee Springs | - | Trees were blown down in the Coffee Springs area. |
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | Coffee Springs | - | Several roads were flooded near Coffee Springs. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffee Springs | - | Two trees were blown down on County Road 13. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffee Springs | - | Trees were blown down around Coffee Springs. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coffee Springs | - | A large part of a tree was blown down across County Road 21 and blocked the road. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Coffee Springs | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chancellor | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Center Ridge | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Scranton | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Costilla (historical) | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Spears | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Carmel | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Sellersville | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Bellwood | 6.2 miles | 11 |
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 Coffee Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65905 | 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 116355. 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.






