Dozier, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Brantley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36028. It stands on Hornet Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dozier quadrangle. 285 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 240 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDozier fell from 329 to 285 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 | 329 | |
| 2020 | 285 | -44 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Dozier quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
55 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Dozier between 1994 and 2020, burning about 400 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190707-4 |
| 18 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 July 1995 | Natural | 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 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Dozier: 8 unknowns, 6 occurrences. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
15 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dozier in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Dozier | $15,000 | A weak tornado briefly touched down near Dozier. The tornado blew down several trees and power lines and also damaged a couple of out buildings. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dozier | $15,000 | Structural damage, due to high thunderstorm winds, was reported in the community. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dozier | $12,000 | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dozier | $10,000 | High winds blew down several trees near Dozier. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dozier | $2,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed power lines along Leon Tower Road. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dozier | $2,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees in Dozier. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dozier | $1,500 | Several trees and power lines were blown down in Dozier. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dozier | - | High winds downed trees and power lines across south Crenshaw County. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dozier | - | High winds downed trees on Rose Hill Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dozier | - | Multiple trees were downed by a severe thunderstorm just north of Dozier. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dozier | - | Trees down and power out near Gantt Lake. |
| January 1999 | Hail | Dozier | - | Dime size hail was reported in the community. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Dozier | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Dozier | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Dozier | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Searight | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| New Hope | 3.6 miles | 7 | |
| Leon | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Theba | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Merrill Mill | 7.3 miles | 7 | |
| Weed Crossroad | 7.7 miles | 7 | |
| Mulberry | 8.0 miles | 7 | |
| Brantley | 8.5 miles | 7 |
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 Dozier | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q66285 | 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 117451. 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.



