Equality, Alabama
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Rockford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36026. The Survey maps it on the Equality quadrangle. 150 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 735 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1901 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Equality quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
81 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Equality between 1994 and 2019, burning about 811 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160907-5 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-16 |
| 22 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180922-9 |
| 19 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Equality in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Equality | 2 hurt, $14,100 | A tornado touched down 6.4 miles west of Central, along County Road 334 in Elmore County. The tornado moved to the northeast and crossed the Coosa County line. The tornado then crossed State Highway 9 and continued moving east, eventually crossing into Tallapoosa County. The tornado lifted on the east side of northern Lake Martin. In Coosa County, numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. One home suffered significant damage and several outbuildings sustained roof damage. |
| November 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Equality | $16,000 | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage that affected areas west of Equality. It has been determined that the damage was the result of a tornado. The tornado has been rated an F1 on the Fujita Damage Intensity Scale. The tornado touched down near Weoka Creek in far southern Coosa County, just east of County Road 67. The tornado tracked northeastward and ended after it crossed Self Road, just west of County Road 2. This location is approximately 2.5 miles west of Equality. The tornado damage was rather short, only 0.4 miles long. The tornado was 150 yards wide at its widest point. One home sustained roof damage and a pool shed was destroyed. Several pine trees were snapped off along the path.Begin: 32.7558/86.1649 End: 32.7583/86.1394 |
| April 2005 | Hail | Equality | $1,000 | Penny size hail was reported near Equality. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Equality | - | Several trees uprooted in the Equality area. |
| December 2005 | Hail | Equality | - | Nickel size hail temporarily covered the ground in the Nixburg community. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Equality | - | Quarter size hail was reported just northeast of Equality. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nixburg | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Cottage Grove | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Speed | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Pentonville | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Pinthlocco (historical) | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Fishpond | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Ray | 9.3 miles | 14 | |
| Hissop | 9.4 miles | 14 |
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 Equality | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5384162 | 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 118017. 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.







