BlockFlomaton, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Flomaton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36441. The Survey maps it on the Flomaton quadrangle. 1,466 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 62 feet above sea level.
On record in Flomaton
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Commercial Hotel-Hart Hotellisted 1986
Population over time
2 figuresFlomaton grew from 1,440 to 1,466 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 | 1,440 | |
| 2020 | 1,466 | +26 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Flomaton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Atmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
277 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of Flomaton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,169 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 56 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 | 80 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 71 VIVAL PATHE LANE, AL |
| 28 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 26 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Flomaton: 8 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixon Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Esc 3 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Wiggins W H Prospect | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Campbell Sand and Gravel - Century Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Pace Sand and Gravel - Century Pit #1 | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Pace Sand and Gravel - Century Pit #2 | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Red Sand and Gravel - Sunday Road Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Century Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Century Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Century Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flomaton in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2009 | Flood | Flomaton | $362,000 | Significant water level rises along the Big Escambia Creek due to persistent heavy rains falling in the river basin resulted in significant flooding of several homes and businesses in the northern sections of Flomaton. Estimates from local Emergency Management, Federal Emergency Management officials, and the State of Alabama Emergency Management Agency estimate damages from flood waters in Flomaton near 362,000 U.S. Dollars. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flomaton | $20,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees and power lines and caused damage to barns along with a roof of a mobile home. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flomaton | $15,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew down a couple of trees near Flomation. One of the trees fell on a trailer and temporally trapped two people inside. They were able to get out of the home and were not injured. |
| November 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flomaton | $10,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm downed trees in Flomaton. |
| March 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flomaton | $10,000 | High winds blew trees and power lines down near Flomaton. A shed was also damaged. |
| August 1999 | Lightning | Flomaton | $10,000 | Lightning struck a home near Flomaton. The strike caused a fire in the attic. Local fire department personnel quickly extinguished the fire. |
| January 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flomaton | $5,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees and power lines on Highway 31 in Flomaton between Bondurant Lumber Mill and Hurricane Park. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flomaton | $5,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph blew trees down on Sardine road near Halls Mill Creek road. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flomaton | $5,000 | Winds estimated at60 mph downed a tree on power lines. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flomaton | $3,000 | Several trees were blown down along Appleton road in Brewton. Several trees were also blown down along Highway 31 between Brewton and Flomaton. One of the trees was blown down on a house in Flomaton. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flomaton | $2,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees and power lines in and around Flomaton. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flomaton | $2,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph destroyed a giant flag post at Highway 31 and 113. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Flomaton | - | Public reports several roads flooded around the Flomaton/South Flomaton area. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flomaton | - | A trained spotter estimated winds between 60-65 mph. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Flomaton | - | Heavy rain caused several roads to flood in and around Flomaton. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Flomaton | - | Dime size hail was reported along US HWY 29 between Flomaton and Brewton. |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Flomaton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q66848 | 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 157953. 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.