Cusseta, Alabama
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36852. It stands on Wildcat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cusseta quadrangle. 152 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 843 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCusseta grew from 123 to 152 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 | 123 | |
| 2020 | 152 | +29 (+24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1907 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Cusseta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
99 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Cusseta between 1994 and 2017, burning about 916 acres in total. None started naturally. 33 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/incendiarism | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO.RD 290, AL |
| 11 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2000 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cusseta in 10 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cusseta | $4,000 | Nine trees were blown down on Interstate-85, between mile markers 70 and 74. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cusseta | - | Trees were downed at Highway 388 and Lee Road 2085. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cusseta | - | Trees were downed along Interstate 85 near mile markers 73 and 75. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cusseta | - | Several trees uprooted along County Road 177 near the town of Cusseta. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cusseta | - | Several trees uprooted along County Road 187 near the intersection of County Road 84. |
| November 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Cusseta | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in extreme southern Chambers County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 65 mph. The tornado formed at the Wooshin USA plant between Chambers County Road 177 and Interstate 85. Lightweight bin liners were lofted into the air and strewn downstream, and some empty bins were blown over. The tornado moved over the Ajin USA plant where portions of the top of a rooftop air conditioning unit were peeled off, and the unit was shifted slightly, causing very minor damage to the roof. The tornado continued northeastward and entered the far northwest corner of Lee County. |
| November 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Cusseta | - | This tornado was a continuation of the Chambers County tornado. The tornado tracked northeastward, damaging the corner facade of the Shelton Fireworks Store located just west of Interstate 85. The tornado then crossed Interstate 85 at the Chambers County Road 388 exit, where little to no damage was apparent. The tornado greatly weakened at this time. One tree was blown down pointing upstream near the end of Chambers County Road 495. As the tornado approached Chambers County Road 519, one tree was uprooted and a tin overhang attached to a mobile home was completely removed and blown downstream. The tornado quickly dissipated near Chambers County Road 519. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cusseta | - | Numerous trees were uprooted along the Interstate 85 corridor in Chambers County. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Cusseta | - | Water was flowing across the roadway in the Cusseta community. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Cusseta | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuckersburg | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Nelson | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Danway | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Huguley | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Boyds | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Liberty Crossroads | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Fairfax | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Little Shawmut | 6.6 miles | 15 |
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 Cusseta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79469 | 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 157931. 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.
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.






