Fultondale, Alabama
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35068. The Survey maps it on the Birmingham North quadrangle. 9,876 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 610 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFultondale grew from 8,380 to 9,876 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 | 8,380 | |
| 2020 | 9,876 | +1,496 (+18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 30 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.
- 1889 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1904 USGS Birmingham Coal District quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Birmingham Coal District quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1906 USGS Birmingham Special quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1975 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
90 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Fultondale between 1994 and 2020, burning about 436 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 33 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190926-8 |
| 24 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20150924-001 |
| 19 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 4309 SUNFLOWER STREET, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Fultondale: 4 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citadel Cement Operation | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dolcito Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
18 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fultondale in 18 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fultondale | 1 hurt, $5,000 | A tree was blown down onto a vehicle, injuring one woman. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fultondale | $75,000 | Three homes and six apartment units were damaged, displacing 30 people. Trees and power lines were also downed. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fultondale | $4,000 | Numerous trees were blown down in Fultondale. |
| October 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fultondale | $4,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down in Fultondale and Gardendale. Hail was also reported in Gardendale,size unknown. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fultondale | $2,000 | Trees down along Walkers Chapel Road. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fultondale | $500 | A tree was blown down on Walkers Chapel Road, between the iron bridge and Coalburg Road, blocking one lane of traffic. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fultondale | - | Trim damage on the Jet Prep gas canopy in Fultondale, with trees down in the area as well. |
| November 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fultondale | - | Numerous trees were downed in Fultondale, some falling on homes. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fultondale | - | Numerous trees uprooted and power lines downed along Carson Road from Fultondale to Candy Mountain Road. Carson Road was closed for several hours due to downed trees. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fultondale | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed on Walker Chapel Road. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fultondale | - | Multiple trees were reported down near Stouts Road. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fultondale | - | A tree was blown down onto a house on Pineywood Rd. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Fultondale | - | Numerous reports of penny size hail were received from the Fultondale area. |
| November 2001 | Hail | Fultondale | - | Dime size hail fell in Fultondale. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fultondale | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Fultondale | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Fultondale | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Fultondale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fultondale Estates | 0.2 miles | 30 | |
| Glendale | 0.6 miles | 30 | |
| Oak Forest | 0.7 miles | 30 | |
| Fulton Springs | 1.0 miles | 30 | |
| Ketona | 1.5 miles | 30 | |
| Walker Chapel | 1.5 miles | 30 | |
| Danville | 1.5 miles | 30 | |
| Humoro | 1.6 miles | 30 |
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 Fultondale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79219 | 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 118760. 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.













