BlockFlorala, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Florala census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36442. The Survey maps it on the Florala quadrangle. 1,923 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 262 feet above sea level.
On record in Florala
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
- Florala Historic Districtlisted 2010
Population over time
2 figuresFlorala fell from 1,980 to 1,923 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 | 1,980 | |
| 2020 | 1,923 | -57 (-3%) |
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
- 1971 USGS Florala quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
146 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Florala between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,022 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 35 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 | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 66/PERKINS ROAD |
| 30 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 589 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190927-5 |
| 22 September 2019 | Smoking | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | CO HWY 147 (66) |
| 2 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 June 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | COUNTY LINE (46) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Florala: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Construction Company, Inc. - Pleasant Grove Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
24 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Florala in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 16 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2004 | Lightning | Florala | 1 killed | A 71 year old male was standing in a carport during a thunderstorm. Lightning struck a tree near the carport and then the bolt hit the man in the chest while he was standing underneath the metal carport. The male was not found for a couple of hours and was already dead when help arrived. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florala | $30,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed a tree that fell on a trailer. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florala | $20,000 | High thunderstorm winds blew down trees throughout the community. One of the trees fell onto a house, causing damage to the structure. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florala | $15,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew down trees and power lines near Florala. Several light weight structures suffered wind damage. This is the same complex of thunderstorms that later produced the Enterprise tornado. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florala | $12,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees in Florala. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florala | $10,000 | Winds estimated at 70mph downed trees and caused roof damage to a business in Florala. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florala | $10,000 | Law enforcement officials reported that high winds blew several trees down. Minor damage was also done to a schools roof and siding. |
| October 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florala | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 55 northwest of Florala. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florala | $8,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down by high winds from a thunderstorm. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florala | $5,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees and power lines. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florala | $5,000 | Trees were blown down near Florala. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florala | $3,000 | High storm winds damaged the skirting under some mobile homes in the community. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florala | $2,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees near Headquarter Camp Road. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Florala | - | Water over roadway at 3rd Street and 5th Avenue in Florala. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florala | - | High winds downed trees. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Florala | - | A grain bin was damaged by a brief EF-0 tornado. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florala | - | Multiple trees and power lines blown down by severe thunderstorm winds near 60 mph in Florala. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florala | - | Numerous medium to large trees and power lines were blown down by severe thunderstorm winds near 60 mph. One home suffered structural damage. Northern part of town was without power for several hours after the event due to downed power lines. |
| January 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florala | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Florala | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Florala | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Florala | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Florala | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Florala | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lockhart | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| Stedman | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| McRae | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Chapel Hill | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Huckaville | 6.9 miles | 7 | |
| Howells | 7.1 miles | 7 | |
| Shiloh | 11.3 miles | 7 | |
| Red Oak | 11.7 miles | 7 |
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 Florala | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79826 | 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 159617. 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.