BlockEllards, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Heiberger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36756. It stands on Williams Branch. The Survey maps it on the Heiberger quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Heiberger quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Heiberger quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
79 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Ellards between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,076 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 1997 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 acres | National Forests in Alabama | NO HELP |
| 25 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | RABBIT ROAD-BRENT, AL |
| 17 September 2000 | Natural | 25 acres | National Forests in Alabama | BULL BAT ROAD |
| 13 September 1997 | Natural | 10 acres | National Forests in Alabama | LIGHTNING #1 |
| 11 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1995 | Natural | 40 acres | National Forests in Alabama | QUICK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellards in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2026: 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellards | - | A couple trees were downed on County Road 162. |
| January 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Ellards | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northern Perry County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 105 mph. The tornado touched down near the Cahaba River west of National Forest Road 401D and Barton Road based on a radar estimation of a TDS. The tornado tracked northeast and crossed Fire Tower Road, where it reached maximum EF1 intensity of 105 mph based on numerous snapped and uprooted pine trees. The tornado continued over forest land before crossing into Bibb County south of the Abercrombie Community. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Ellards | - | no account filed |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122556171 | 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 159565. 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.