Frisco City, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Frisco City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36445. The Survey maps it on the Frisco City quadrangle. 1,170 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 404 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFrisco City fell from 1,309 to 1,170 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 | 1,309 | |
| 2020 | 1,170 | -139 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Frisco City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Atmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
192 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Frisco City between 1994 and 2020, burning about 620 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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 | 81 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Frisco City: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Goodway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz |
Storms near this place
24 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frisco City in 24 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 16 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1998 | Hail | Frisco City | $40,000 | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Lightning | Frisco City | $30,000 | Lightning struck a home in Frisco City. The strike started a fire and the house suffered major damage. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frisco City | $20,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees near Frisco City. One of the trees fell across a manufactured home and did some minor damage. A propane dealership also had some tin fencing material blown down |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frisco City | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frisco City | $15,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed numerous trees across the county. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frisco City | $15,000 | Trees were reported down near the community. One fell on the roof of a house, producing some damage. |
| February 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frisco City | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frisco City | $10,000 | High winds from a line of thunderstorms blew down several trees between Frisco City and Peterman. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frisco City | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frisco City | $5,000 | Winds estimated at 70 mph downed numerous trees in Frisco City. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frisco City | $5,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees and power lines. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frisco City | $5,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees near Frisco City. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frisco City | $2,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph blew a shed away. |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frisco City | $2,000 | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frisco City | $1,500 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frisco City | - | High winds downed trees on CR 1 at Shiloh Baptist Church. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frisco City | - | Several trees and power lines down across Frisco City. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frisco City | - | High winds downed trees throughout Monroe County south of Highway 84. |
| April 2014 | Flash Flood | Frisco City | - | Heavy rain caused Highway 41 to be flooded north of Monroeville. Several county roads were flooded throughout Monroe County. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Frisco City | - | Heavy rains from slow moving thunderstorms caused several secondary roads between Frisco City and Monroeville to become impassable. Rainfall estimates were about three inches in an hour. The roads drained quickly when the storms moved out of the area. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Frisco City | - | Golfball size hail was reported in the community. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Frisco City | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Frisco City | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Frisco City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Excel | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Megargel | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Ollie | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Mexia Crossing | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Halls Crossroads | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Mexboro | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Manistee | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Mexia | 5.1 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 Frisco City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65893 | 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 151784. 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.



