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Coosada, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Elmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36020. It stands on Zion Branch. The Survey maps it on the Montgomery North quadrangle. 1,217 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 180 feet above sea level.

Coosada within Elmore County

Population over time

2 figures

Coosada fell from 1,224 to 1,217 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,224
20201,217-7 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

217 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Coosada between 1994 and 2016, burning about 814 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 46 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 burning48
Arson/incendiarism46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Misuse of fire by a minor33
Equipment and vehicle use25
Recreation and ceremony14
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Smoking2
Natural1

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
7 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Arson/incendiarism3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined132 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Debris and open burning5.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elmore County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Coosada: 16 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, REE, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite. 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
Elmore PitSand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, KyaniteProducerPlacer
Gober Pit Jenkins Brick CompanyClayProducer
Coosada Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Dredge #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dredge No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Elmore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Elmore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Flatwood Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
James PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Millbrook PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Elmore County

Storms near this place

11 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coosada in 11 storm reports between 2007 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCoosada$3,000Several trees were blown down in the Coosada community.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCoosada$1,000Single trees were blown down in several locations around Coosada and Wetumpka.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCoosada$500A large tree was blown down and blocked Airport Road, near the Coosada community.
January 2026Thunderstorm WindCoosada-A few social media reports of trees down and fences damaged from south of Deatsville to Coosada. A trained spotter recorded a 60 mph wind gust in Deatsville at 9:05 am.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindCoosada-Several trees uprooted in the town of Coosada.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindCoosada-Numerous trees uprooted across western Elmore County.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCoosada-Several trees uprooted along Coosada Parkway.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindCoosada-Several trees uprooted and power lines downed on house along Pecan Grove Road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCoosada-Several trees uprooted at Airport Road and Kennedy Avenue.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindCoosada-Trees and powerlines were downed in and around Coosada.
April 2007HailCoosada-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
Overton Heights1.1 miles17
Five Points1.2 miles20
Broadmoor1.3 miles17
Rose Hill1.8 miles20
Millbrook2.0 miles20
Springdale2.1 miles17
Prattville Junction2.2 miles20
Kingswood2.3 miles20

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 CoosadaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q67940The 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 137171. 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.