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Eden, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Pell City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35125. It stands on Sand Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pell City quadrangle.

Eden within St. Clair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

136 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Eden between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,568 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 40 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 burning65
Arson/incendiarism40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking4
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1999Natural59 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190920-17

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Eden: 6 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Riverside PitClayProducer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in St. Clair County

Storms near this place

10 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eden in 10 storm reports between 2007 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2007Thunderstorm WindEden$5,000Trees and a power pole were blown down near exit 156 of Interstate 20.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindEden$3,000Several trees were blown down in the Eden Community, near Pell City.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindEden$3,000Several trees were blown down on US-78, near WHFK Radio Station in Pell City.
January 2026Thunderstorm WindEden$1,000A few trees and power lines were downed around Pell City, including Cook Springs Rd, Mountain Top Loop Rd, Wolf Creek Rd, and Old Coal City Rd at Florida Rd.
February 2026HailEden-Up to quarter-size hail in the Pell City area, southwest of downtown.
December 2024Tornado (EF1)Eden-NWS Birmingham storm survey has determined an EF-1 tornado impacted and area southwest of Pell City, mainly on Roberts Mill Pond Road. Several areas of timber damage occurred, generally snapping and uprooting of hardwood trees, north of Highway 27. A chicken farm sustained significant damage, with at least five structures impacted. Debris was thrown at least 300 yards downstream. The tornado continued northeast toward Steward Road causing additional less significant timber damage dissipating thereafter. Maximum estimated winds were 110 mph.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindEden-Several trees uprooted along Chula Vista Mountain Road.
August 2020HailEden-no account filed
July 2012HailEden-no account filed
June 2011HailEden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Clair 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
Lakeview0.9 miles21
Walkerton0.9 miles21
Harrisburg1.1 miles21
Park Hill1.3 miles21
Pell City1.3 miles21
Glen City1.7 miles21
Oak Ridge1.7 miles21
Avondale Village1.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 164642. 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.