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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.

Fultondale within Jefferson County

Population over time

2 figures

Fultondale 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.

YearPeople Change
20108,380
20209,876+1,496 (+18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

90 since 1994

Regional 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/incendiarism33
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Natural2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190926-8
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150924-001
19 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission4309 SUNFLOWER STREET, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Citadel Cement OperationStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dolcito QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

18 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008Thunderstorm WindFultondale1 hurt, $5,000A tree was blown down onto a vehicle, injuring one woman.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindFultondale$75,000Three homes and six apartment units were damaged, displacing 30 people. Trees and power lines were also downed.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindFultondale$4,000Numerous trees were blown down in Fultondale.
October 2002Thunderstorm WindFultondale$4,000Law enforcement reported trees down in Fultondale and Gardendale. Hail was also reported in Gardendale,size unknown.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindFultondale$2,000Trees down along Walkers Chapel Road.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindFultondale$500A tree was blown down on Walkers Chapel Road, between the iron bridge and Coalburg Road, blocking one lane of traffic.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindFultondale-Trim damage on the Jet Prep gas canopy in Fultondale, with trees down in the area as well.
November 2025Thunderstorm WindFultondale-Numerous trees were downed in Fultondale, some falling on homes.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindFultondale-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 2019Thunderstorm WindFultondale-Several trees uprooted and power lines downed on Walker Chapel Road.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindFultondale-Multiple trees were reported down near Stouts Road.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindFultondale-A tree was blown down onto a house on Pineywood Rd.
July 2004HailFultondale-Numerous reports of penny size hail were received from the Fultondale area.
November 2001HailFultondale-Dime size hail fell in Fultondale.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindFultondale-no account filed
July 2012HailFultondale-no account filed
June 2008HailFultondale-no account filed
April 1998HailFultondale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Fultondale Estates0.2 miles30
Glendale0.6 miles30
Oak Forest0.7 miles30
Fulton Springs1.0 miles30
Ketona1.5 miles30
Walker Chapel1.5 miles30
Danville1.5 miles30
Humoro1.6 miles30

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 FultondaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79219The 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.