Fitzpatrick, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fitzpatrick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36029. The Survey maps it on the Fitzpatrick quadrangle. 79 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 262 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFitzpatrick fell from 83 to 79 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 | 83 | |
| 2020 | 79 | -4 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Fitzpatrick quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Fitzpatrick between 1995 and 2015, burning about 164 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 May 2007 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 April 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO.ROAD #7 HIGHLOG ROAD, AL |
| 8 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 March 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fitzpatrick: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bul 1 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Bul 2 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fitzpatrick in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2012: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Fitzpatrick | $10,000 | The third of three tornadoes produced by the same supercell thunderstorm occurred just north of Fitzpatrick. The tornado track was about 1 mile long and 50 yards wide. The tornado crossed CR 7 about 2 miles north of Fitzpatrick. Several trees were uprooted or damaged. Beginning: 32 14.698/85 53.916 Ending: 32 15.155/85 52.937 |
| April 2005 | Hail | Fitzpatrick | $1,000 | Large hail reported in the county. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fitzpatrick | - | A few large trees were uprooted, blocking a roadway near the community of Fitzpatrick. |
| December 2005 | Hail | Fitzpatrick | - | Penny size hail was reported along SR 110 near the Mitchell community. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Fitzpatrick | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Thompson | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Cornerstone | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hector | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Shopton | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Simsville | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Bruceville | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Sedgefield | 10.0 miles | 8 |
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 Fitzpatrick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1273484 | 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 157952. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.




