Fulton, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Fulton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36446. It stands on Orphans Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fulton East quadrangle. 223 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 240 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFulton fell from 272 to 223 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 | 272 | |
| 2020 | 223 | -49 (-18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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
- 1973 USGS Fulton East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Monroeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
70 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Fulton between 1994 and 2019, burning about 545 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 182 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20130920-001 |
| 2 September 2014 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140902-002 |
| 26 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Fulton: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fullers Earth, Zeolites. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallahatta Claystone, Clarke County | Fullers Earth, Zeolites | Prospect | BEDDED |
Storms near this place
23 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fulton in 23 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 flash flood. 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 2009 | Flash Flood | Fulton | $50,000 | Heavy rains from a thunderstorm flooded the fire department and post office in Fulton. Water also covered the railroad tracks near Fulton. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $15,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph downed trees near Highway 43 and Skyline Road. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $10,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees and power lines in Fulton. |
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $10,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew some tin off a school building and scattered it around the school. The tin was blown from a make shift building that was added to the school. Trees were also blown down. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $10,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew several trees down and blew some shingles from a home near Fulton. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $8,000 | Trees were blown down near Fulton by high winds from a thunderstorm. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $4,000 | Several trees were blown down along State Highway 178 near Fulton. The damage was sporadic and ended where SR 178 crosses U. S Highway 43. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $3,000 | Several trees were blown down along US Highway 43 just west of Fulton. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $500 | Several trees and power lines were blown down along State Highway 178 between Fulton and Greenwood. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | - | High winds downed trees down on powerlines in the Fulton and Dickinson communities. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Fulton | - | Heavy rain caused flooding on southeast Maine Street in Fulton. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Fulton | - | Flash flooding resulted in the closure of Bassetts Creek Road. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | - | Near the community of Liberty, halfway between Thomasville and Grove Hill, a large tree was blown down by severe thunderstorm winds near 60 mph and fell across Old Highway 5. |
| January 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | - | Tree blown down blocking the road near U.S. Highway 43 at the Fulton junction. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Fulton | - | Clarke County EMA reported nickel size hail in Fulton. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Fulton | - | Fulton Police Department reported quarter to golf ball size hail in Fulton. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | - | Trees and power lines down on Old Grove Hill Road near Fulton. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Fulton | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Fulton | - | no account filed |
| February 2014 | Hail | Fulton | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Fulton | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Fulton | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Fulton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Dickinson | 1.9 miles | 7 | |
| Peacock | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Springfield | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Scyrene | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Rural | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| McWer | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| Nettleboro | 5.6 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 Fulton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q67595 | 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 118753. 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.



