High Bluff, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hartford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36344. It stands on Spann Branch. The Survey maps it on the Clayhatchee quadrangle. It stands 272 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1942 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Clayhatchee quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:62500
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of High Bluff between 1996 and 2020, burning about 282 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20120831-001 |
| 4 July 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 May 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 May 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200512-7 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of High Bluff: 5 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellwood Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Clayhatchee Quarry | Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Silica | Producer | Quartz | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names High Bluff in 6 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | High Bluff | $10,000 | A mobile home trailer was blown onto its side between Hartford and Wicksburg. Damage was estimated. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | High Bluff | $2,000 | Trees were blown down near County Road 47. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | High Bluff | $1,000 | A tree was blown down near High Bluff resulting in a power outage. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | High Bluff | - | A tree was blown down on County Road 41. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | High Bluff | - | Storm debris was on Highway 167 in both directions before County Road 41. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | High Bluff | - | A tree was blown down on County Road 41. |
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.
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 High Bluff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058474 | 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 120053. 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.






