Eva, Alabama
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Eva census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35621. It stands on Steeltrap Branch. The Survey maps it on the Eva quadrangle. 589 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,102 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresEva grew from 519 to 589 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 519 | |
| 2020 | 589 | +70 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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 Eva quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Eva quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Eva quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
53 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Eva between 1995 and 2019, burning about 311 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 1885 COUNTY ROAD 1559, AL |
| 25 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20140921-003 |
| 19 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
22 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eva in 22 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eva | $5,000 | A roof was blown off of a house along Lawrence Cove Road. Power lines were blown down in the city of Eva. |
| January 1997 | Hail | Eva | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eva | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eva | $4,000 | Large trees were down along and on top of highway 55 near the city limit of Eva. Time was estimated from radar. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eva | $4,000 | A few trees were knocked down across the southern part of Morgan County, mainly east of Interstate 65. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eva | $2,000 | A tree and power lines were knocked down at 280 Mill Creek Road. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eva | $2,000 | A tree was knocked down onto a home. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eva | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down at the intersection of Highway 55 and Gladys Road in Eva. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eva | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down blocking the roadway at 3775 Highway 55 E. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eva | $1,000 | A tree limb was knocked down onto a power line on Patton Road at Highway 55. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eva | $500 | A tree was knocked down and hanging over the roadway at 4770 Highway 55. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eva | $200 | A tree was knocked down at 485 Oz Davis Road. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eva | $200 | A tree was knocked down onto the road. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eva | $200 | A tree was knocked down onto Copper Springs Road. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Eva | - | Quarter-sized hail was reported in Eva. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eva | - | Spotter estimated 60-65 mph gusts in Eva. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Eva | - | Nickel-sized hail was reported. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eva | - | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eva | - | A tree was blown down just south of Brewer High School. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eva | - | A few power lines were blown down due to thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2002 | Funnel Cloud | Eva | - | A funnel cloud was sighted near the Eva community. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Eva | - | Dime size hail was observed in Eva. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center Dale | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Union Hill | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Oden Ridge | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Cole Spring | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| New Hope | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Peach Grove (historical) | 6.3 miles | 20 | |
| Six Mile | 6.3 miles | 20 | |
| Florette | 6.5 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 Eva | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q67461 | 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 118060. 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.









