BlockGarth, Alabama
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Princeton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35764. It lies near Kirk Cove. The Survey maps it on the Paint Rock quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 25 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.
- 1888 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1936 USGS Paint Rock quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Paint Rock quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Paint Rock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1997 USGS Paint Rock quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Garth between 1996 and 2017, burning about 258 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2007 | Smoking | 27 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160626-3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garth in 10 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garth | $10,000 | Numerous trees were knocked down at the intersection of Highway 65 and CR 10. Time estimated by radar. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Garth | $3,000 | Quarter to golf ball size hail was observed from the Madison County line just north of Garth to Skyline. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garth | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down at mile marker 5 on Highway 65. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garth | $1,000 | A tree was reported down over roadway at 147 Cr 10 in the Paint Rock area. |
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Garth | - | NVDI difference imagery indicated a tornado crossed the county line from Madison into Jackson County for nearly 5 miles, snapping and uprooting large swaths of hardwood trees before dissipating. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Garth | - | Hwy 65 in Paint Rock Valley is flooded due to the Paint Rock River flooding the roadway. |
| September 2021 | Flash Flood | Garth | - | Water over Hwy 65 near Garth. Time estimated from radar. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garth | - | Multiple trees were knocked down along CR 1 near Paint Rock. |
| December 2009 | Flash Flood | Garth | - | Heavy rainfall between two and five inches caused flooding on CR 183 and at the intersection of CR 8 and CR 215. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Garth | - | Dime size hail was reported in the Garth community in western Jackson 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trenton | 3.0 miles | 25 | |
| Little Nashville | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Paint Rock | 4.7 miles | 25 | |
| Pierceton (historical) | 5.6 miles | 21 | |
| Hollytree | 5.7 miles | 23 | |
| Padgett (historical) | 6.5 miles | 23 | |
| Woodville | 6.9 miles | 25 | |
| Lim Rock | 7.1 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 154454. 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.
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.