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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.

Dutton within Jackson County

Population over time

3 figures

Dutton 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.

YearPeople Change
2000310
2010315+5 (+2%)
2020330+15 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

109 since 1994

Regional 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 burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism26
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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 1998Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarism11 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160906-16
6 September 2010Debris and open burning18 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-40
25 September 2016Debris and open burning7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160925-5
20 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160920-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

21 since 2003

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2010Thunderstorm WindDutton$50,000Thunderstorm 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 2024Thunderstorm WindDutton$10,000Several trees were reported down at this location.
November 2010Thunderstorm WindDutton$3,000Multiple trees were knocked down, blocking the intersection of College Road and Main Street in Dutton. Time estimated by radar.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindDutton$2,000Widespread power outages were reported and multiple trees were knocked down in the Hodge community in Dutton.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindDutton$1,000A tree was reported down at the 300 block of Alabama highway 71. Time was estimated from radar.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindDutton$1,000A tree was knocked down on powerlines on CR 396.
March 2003Tornado (F1)Dutton$1,000Barn destroyed and several trees twisted and snapped along tornadoes track from along Jackson county road 372 and 47 to Jackson county road 51.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindDutton$500Power lines were reported down. Time was estimated from radar.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindDutton$500A tree was knocked down across CR 380.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindDutton$500A tree was knocked down near the intersection of CR 395 and CR 51.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindDutton$500A large tree was knocked down at the 300 block of CR 16 in Dutton.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindDutton$500A tree was knocked down on CR 18 in Dutton.
November 2010Thunderstorm WindDutton$500Two trees were uprooted near the intersection of Highway 71 and CR 47 in Dutton. Time estimated by radar.
May 2025Flash FloodDutton-CR 51 has flooding over the roadway in several locations. Depth of water estimated at 6 to 8 inches.
February 2023Flash FloodDutton-Deep moving water reported over the roadway on the 2300 Block of County Road 47.
September 2017HailDutton-Nickel sized hail was reported in Dutton.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindDutton-Part of a roof was blown off of a church on County Road 16.
August 2009Flash FloodDutton-High water was reported on County Road 47 in Dutton.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindDutton-Trees were blown down in the Dutton community.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindDutton-Trees were blown down in the Dutton community.
June 2006LightningDutton-Lightning knocked down a tree limb which ignited a small grass fire.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Hodge1.8 miles21
Index (historical)2.6 miles23
Ferncliff (historical)2.8 miles21
Bowman Crossroads3.3 miles22
Gray (historical)3.5 miles23
Morris Mill4.0 miles20
Section4.3 miles21
Duncan Crossroads4.6 miles21

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 DuttonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q66247The 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.