Eddy, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Arab census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35016. It stands on Cranford Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hulaco quadrangle. It stands 1,083 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1888 USGS Cullman quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Cullman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Hulaco quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Hulaco quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Hulaco quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Hulaco quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Hulaco quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Eddy between 1995 and 2016, burning about 211 acres in total. 1 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160924-20 |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 26 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160902-1 |
| 12 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eddy in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eddy | $2,000 | A large hardwood tree was toppled and uprooted on Chambers Road. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eddy | $2,000 | A tree was blown down on Maple Hill road. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eddy | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down and blocking the intersection of Matt Morrow Road and U.S. Highway 231. |
| March 2021 | Flash Flood | Eddy | - | Matt Morrow Road, just west of Hwy 231 is reportedly about to be washed out. Report relayed via social media. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Eddy | - | Two feet of water over Eddy Scant Road. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eddy | - | Damaging straight-line winds knocked down large trees and caused power outages in the Ruth community along Highway 231, north of Arab. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowood | 0.6 miles | 20 | |
| North Arab | 0.9 miles | 20 | |
| Egypt | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Pine Lake Village | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Sunset Acres | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Ruth | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Arab | 2.7 miles | 24 | |
| Rice | 2.9 miles | 20 |
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 Eddy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19461519 | 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 117849. 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.











