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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.

Eva within Morgan County

Population over time

2 figures

Eva 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.

YearPeople Change
2010519
2020589+70 (+13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

53 since 1995

Regional 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
4 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission1885 COUNTY ROAD 1559, AL
25 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140921-003
19 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

22 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2006Thunderstorm WindEva$5,000A roof was blown off of a house along Lawrence Cove Road. Power lines were blown down in the city of Eva.
January 1997HailEva$5,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindEva$5,000no account filed
April 2025Thunderstorm WindEva$4,000Large trees were down along and on top of highway 55 near the city limit of Eva. Time was estimated from radar.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindEva$4,000A few trees were knocked down across the southern part of Morgan County, mainly east of Interstate 65.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindEva$2,000A tree and power lines were knocked down at 280 Mill Creek Road.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindEva$2,000A tree was knocked down onto a home.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindEva$1,000A tree was knocked down at the intersection of Highway 55 and Gladys Road in Eva.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindEva$1,000A tree was knocked down blocking the roadway at 3775 Highway 55 E.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindEva$1,000A tree limb was knocked down onto a power line on Patton Road at Highway 55.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindEva$500A tree was knocked down and hanging over the roadway at 4770 Highway 55.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindEva$200A tree was knocked down at 485 Oz Davis Road.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindEva$200A tree was knocked down onto the road.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindEva$200A tree was knocked down onto Copper Springs Road.
April 2021HailEva-Quarter-sized hail was reported in Eva.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindEva-Spotter estimated 60-65 mph gusts in Eva. Time estimated from radar.
June 2007HailEva-Nickel-sized hail was reported.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindEva-Trees were blown down.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindEva-A tree was blown down just south of Brewer High School.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindEva-A few power lines were blown down due to thunderstorm winds.
March 2002Funnel CloudEva-A funnel cloud was sighted near the Eva community.
August 2002HailEva-Dime size hail was observed in Eva.

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Center Dale2.0 miles18
Union Hill2.2 miles17
Oden Ridge2.9 miles17
Cole Spring4.2 miles17
New Hope5.6 miles17
Peach Grove (historical)6.3 miles20
Six Mile6.3 miles20
Florette6.5 miles20

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 EvaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q67461The 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.