BlockElkwood, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Madison Crossroads census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35739. The Survey maps it on the Toney quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1888 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Toney quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Toney quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
102 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Elkwood between 1994 and 2017, burning about 579 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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 | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 38 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elkwood in 13 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2009 | Flash Flood | Elkwood | $40,000 | Three to six inches of rainfall caused widespread flash flooding across much of the county. Particularly hard hit were the Huntsville, Farley, and Madison communities. |
| January 2012 | Flash Flood | Elkwood | $25,000 | Numerous roads were barricaded due to flash flooding as many ditches overflowed and small creeks flooded low water crossings. A residence was flooded on Toney School Road. A water rescue of a stranded motorist took place along Nick Fitchard Road at 730 pm.||Roads and streets that experienced flash flooding included: Ready Section, Carters Grove, Knowledge Drive, Wall Triana, Shady Grove, Bolden Hughey, Toney School, Doe Creek Lane, McKee, Kelly Cemetery, and Butter and Egg. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Elkwood | $25,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported. The hail damaged several vehicles. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkwood | $25,000 | Several large tree limbs and power lines were knocked down just south of Elkwood. Southeast of Elkwood on Charity Lane, several homes were damage by falling trees. One of the homes had its roof removed and some others had fallen trees land on them. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Elkwood | $15,000 | Quarter size hail was reported near the intersection of Elkwood Section Road and Butter-and-Egg Road near Elkwood, Alabama. The hail produced minor damage to several vehicles. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkwood | $5,000 | Damage was reported to a barn and fence line near the intersection of Wall Triana and Pulaski Pike. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkwood | $5,000 | A tree was downed due to thunderstorm winds on Pulaski Pike, just east of Wall Triana Highway near Madison, Alabama. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkwood | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked trees and large branches down along Butter and Egg Road, Charity Lane, Scoot. Trampolines were also blown across lawns. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkwood | - | A large tree was uprooted and knocked over onto power lines. Video relayed via social media. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkwood | - | Several trees and a few power lines were downed and a couple of buildings had some tin peeled back from their roofs due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkwood | - | A sixty mph wind gust was reported in the Bobo community. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Elkwood | - | Slow moving thunderstorms developed between 2 and 3 pm producing intense rainfall and isolated flash flooding. The rain fell so quickly that drainage ditches flooded onto several roads and residential yards in northwestern Madison County. Flooding was reported on Charity Lane, Bobo Section Road and Pulaski Pike. |
| April 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Elkwood | - | This tornado developed in extreme southwest Lincoln County, Tennessee and moved southeast across northwest Madison County, Alabama. The damage caused by this tornado was mainly a few snapped utility poles and downed trees, but there also was some minor damage to a few homes. Wind speeds were estimated at 60 m.p.h. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobo | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Carter Grove | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Ready Crossing | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Browns Corner | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Maple Hill | 3.8 miles | 22 | |
| Five Points | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| New Sharon | 4.8 miles | 21 | |
| Madison Crossroads | 5.1 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 117936. 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.