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Gladstone, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Madison Crossroads census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35773. It stands on Banyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jeff quadrangle.

Gladstone within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

41 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Gladstone between 1997 and 2020, burning about 147 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1

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
9 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20120922-001
2 September 1999Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

19 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gladstone in 19 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2025Thunderstorm WindGladstone$3,000Powerlines were down near the intersection of Patterson Lane and Murphy Hill road.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindGladstone$2,000A tree was knocked down across the roadway at 984 Beaver Dam Road.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindGladstone$2,000A large tree was knocked down onto a power line near the corner of Burwell Road and Carters Gin Road. Time estimated by radar.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindGladstone$1,000Trees and large limbs were knocked down along Pulaski Pike between Grimwood Road and Rigsby Circle. Time estimated by radar.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindGladstone$1,000A few trees were downed by thunderstorm winds at the intersection of Stardust Circle and Welcome Home Village road.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindGladstone$500A few trees were downed by thunderstorm winds at the intersection of Carters Gin road and Burwell road.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindGladstone$200A grape arbor was blown over.
February 2026HailGladstone-Penny sized hail was reported via mPING.
February 2026HailGladstone-Nickel sized hail was reported.
February 2026HailGladstone-Penny sized hail was reported via mPING.
June 2025Flash FloodGladstone-Water over the road and rushing water in drainage ditches and creek on Carters Gin Road east of Bo Howard Road. Report and video from Social Media.
September 2025Heavy RainGladstone-One to three inches of rain fell, leading to a report of water over the road on Pulaski Pike near Patterson Lane. 3-4 inch depth of west to east moving water. Report from Social Media.
July 2022Flash FloodGladstone-Social media report/video of one foot of flood water on Patterson Lane in multiple locations. Time estimated by radar.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindGladstone-Power lines were knocked down at Carters Gin Road and Ginnery Road. Time estimated by radar.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindGladstone-A power pole was snapped near the intersection of Monroe Road and Pulaski Pike.
June 2017Flash FloodGladstone-Fire Department reported road flooding along Carters Gin Road.
August 2017Flash FloodGladstone-Reports of flooding along Murphy Hill Road and the Whitt Haven Subdivision. Report relayed by public and social media.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindGladstone-An 81 mph wind gust was measured by a trained spotter.
July 2010HailGladstone-Nickel sized hail and estimated wind gusts up to 40 mph were reported by a NASA CHARM network participant. Rainfall of 1.70 inches fell in a short period of time with this storm.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Mount Lebanon2.0 miles24
Colonial Gardens2.8 miles24
Five Points3.7 miles21
Meridianville4.0 miles24
Northside Acres4.2 miles23
Madison Crossroads4.3 miles21
North Daye Hill4.4 miles23
Cedar Valley4.8 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 119018. 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.