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Concord, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Concord-Rock Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35023. It stands on Roscoe Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Concord quadrangle. 1,690 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 589 feet above sea level.

Concord within Jefferson County

Population over time

3 figures

Concord fell from 1,809 to 1,690 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.

YearPeople Change
20001,809
20101,837+28 (+2%)
20201,690-147 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

133 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Concord between 1994 and 2019, burning about 3,962 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 57 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/incendiarism57
Debris and open burning45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-14
8 September 2007Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning23 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1998Arson/incendiarism40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Arson/incendiarism40 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-27
21 September 2019Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190921-23

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Concord: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
IronatonIronUnknown
IronatonIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

18 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Concord in 18 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2008Thunderstorm WindConcord$10,000A church on Warrior River Road sustained moderate damage.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindConcord-A large oak tree fell on a fence along Hazel Dr.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindConcord-Multiple trees were downed in Concord, with some blocking roadways.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindConcord-Trees and power lines were downed in the Concord and Hueytown areas.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindConcord-Numerous trees were uprooted in Jefferson County along several roadways in the Concord, Maytown, Adamsville, Forestdale, Fultondale, Mt. Olive, and Morris areas.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindConcord-Trees were uprooted in the Concord area.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindConcord-Several trees uprooted in Concord.
July 2022Flash FloodConcord-Several roads flooded in Hueytown and impassable. Valley Creek at Avenue W crested above flood stage.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindConcord-Trees uprooted and power lines downed near the intersection of Hill Avenue and Pope Drive in the Hueytown Community.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindConcord-Trees uprooted in the town of Concord.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindConcord-Trees were reported down, as well as shingle damage on a home on Warrior River Road.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindConcord-Trees were blown down in Concord.
April 1998HailConcord-Dime size hail was reported in Concord.
March 2013HailConcord-no account filed
May 2012HailConcord-no account filed
July 2011HailConcord-no account filed
February 2007HailConcord-no account filed
May 1998HailConcord-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Hueytown Crest1.9 miles24
Cedarbrook Forest2.0 miles24
Hueytown2.1 miles24
Pleasant Acres2.2 miles24
Woodmont2.4 miles24
Highland Forest2.5 miles24
Rock Creek2.7 miles20
Vineland Park2.7 miles24

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 ConcordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1018615The 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 116480. 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.