Graham, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Woodland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36263. It stands on Knight Branch. The Survey maps it on the Graham quadrangle. 196 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,102 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGraham fell from 211 to 196 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 | 211 | |
| 2020 | 196 | -15 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1899 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Graham quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Graham quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
143 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Graham between 1992 and 2020, burning about 920 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 41 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 | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019CARROLL003 |
| 16 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190916-15 |
| 16 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HEARD-005 |
| 21 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-CARROLL-003 |
| 20 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Graham: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Ridge Mine | Gold | Past Producer | 1908 | |
| Gold Ridge Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Gold Ridge Mine | Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Graham in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Graham | $25,000 | After a review of damage, eye witness accounts, and analysis of Dual-Pol radar data from KFFC, it was determined that damage in northeastern Randolph county was a result of a brief EF-0 tornado. The EF-0 tornado with winds of 70 mph briefly touched down near Sewell, along County Road 87, south of County Road 438. One home and half a dozen outbuildings sustained roof damage, as metal roofing was peeled off and tossed up to one half mile downwind. Minor tree damage was also noted. Two witnesses reported a funnel cloud in the area, but due to terrain were unable to confirm whether the circulation extended to the ground. |
| March 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graham | $25,000 | A house under construction was damaged on CR 455 just north of Sewell. The home had all its windows broken out, the front porch torn off, damage to the siding, and roof damage. A barn on the property was totally destroyed. Just north of the Bethel East Baptist Church on CR 87, a mobile home was pushed off its foundation, several trees were blown down, and one barn destroyed and one heavily damaged. |
| February 2000 | Lightning | Graham | $10,000 | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graham | $2,000 | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Heavy Rain | Graham | $1,000 | A portion of AL-48 near the state line had to be closed due to a partially blocked culvert causing rain water to run over the road. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graham | - | Trees were blown down on SR 48 near the Georgia state line. |
| February 1998 | Hail | Graham | - | Dime size hail was reported in Graham. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaylor | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hawk | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Butlers Mill | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Gold Ridge | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Lofty | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Sewell | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Hill | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Providence | 4.9 miles | 13 |
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 Graham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1275030 | 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 119207. 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.







