Dutton, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Section census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35744. It stands on Flat Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dutton quadrangle. 330 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,368 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresDutton grew from 310 to 330 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 310 | |
| 2010 | 315 | +5 (+2%) |
| 2020 | 330 | +15 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1886 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Dutton quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Dutton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Dutton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
109 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Dutton between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,277 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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 | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160906-16 |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-40 |
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160925-5 |
| 20 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160920-1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dutton in 21 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dutton | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds demolished two barns at a farm on CR 18 near Highway 71 in Dutton. One of the metal barns which was mounted in concrete was torn up and lifted onto an adjacent farm building. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dutton | $10,000 | Several trees were reported down at this location. |
| November 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dutton | $3,000 | Multiple trees were knocked down, blocking the intersection of College Road and Main Street in Dutton. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dutton | $2,000 | Widespread power outages were reported and multiple trees were knocked down in the Hodge community in Dutton. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dutton | $1,000 | A tree was reported down at the 300 block of Alabama highway 71. Time was estimated from radar. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dutton | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down on powerlines on CR 396. |
| March 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Dutton | $1,000 | Barn destroyed and several trees twisted and snapped along tornadoes track from along Jackson county road 372 and 47 to Jackson county road 51. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dutton | $500 | Power lines were reported down. Time was estimated from radar. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dutton | $500 | A tree was knocked down across CR 380. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dutton | $500 | A tree was knocked down near the intersection of CR 395 and CR 51. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dutton | $500 | A large tree was knocked down at the 300 block of CR 16 in Dutton. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dutton | $500 | A tree was knocked down on CR 18 in Dutton. |
| November 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dutton | $500 | Two trees were uprooted near the intersection of Highway 71 and CR 47 in Dutton. Time estimated by radar. |
| May 2025 | Flash Flood | Dutton | - | CR 51 has flooding over the roadway in several locations. Depth of water estimated at 6 to 8 inches. |
| February 2023 | Flash Flood | Dutton | - | Deep moving water reported over the roadway on the 2300 Block of County Road 47. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Dutton | - | Nickel sized hail was reported in Dutton. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dutton | - | Part of a roof was blown off of a church on County Road 16. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Dutton | - | High water was reported on County Road 47 in Dutton. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dutton | - | Trees were blown down in the Dutton community. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dutton | - | Trees were blown down in the Dutton community. |
| June 2006 | Lightning | Dutton | - | Lightning knocked down a tree limb which ignited a small grass fire. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hodge | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Index (historical) | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Ferncliff (historical) | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Bowman Crossroads | 3.3 miles | 22 | |
| Gray (historical) | 3.5 miles | 23 | |
| Morris Mill | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Section | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Duncan Crossroads | 4.6 miles | 21 |
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 Dutton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q66247 | 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 117699. 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.










