Coldwater, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Anniston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36203. The Survey maps it on the Munford quadrangle.
On record in Coldwater
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
Coldwater Creek Covered Bridgelisted 1973
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1900 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Munford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Munford quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Munford quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
153 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Coldwater between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,502 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 42 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 | 65 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160908-5 |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Coldwater: 7 past producers, 6 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giles Myric Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Glencoe Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| No Name | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jenifer Area | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Jenifer Iron Ore Mines | Iron | Past Producer | 1850, 1943 | |
| John Bruce's | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| No Name | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coldwater in 5 storm reports between 2005 and 2023: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coldwater | $10,000 | A grocery store sustained roof damage, in the Coldwater Community. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coldwater | - | Several trees uprooted across Cathy Avenue as well as on a structure near Brickhouse Road. |
| March 2022 | Flash Flood | Coldwater | - | Widespread flooding in the cities of Oxford and Anniston in far southern Calhoun County. Choccolocco Creek out of its banks which resulted in several homes flooded. Water several feet deep on both side of Interstate 20 with five vehicles submerged. An nearby ASOS (KANB) reported 3.47 inches of rainfall in a 4 hour period. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Coldwater | - | Penny size was reported in the Coldwater community. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Coldwater | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Gauldinville | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| New Haven | 2.6 miles | 21 | |
| Trinity | 2.6 miles | 21 | |
| Burns Crossroad | 2.6 miles | 21 | |
| Vinnette | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| McKibben | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Meadowbrook | 2.9 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159427. 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.








