Hobdy, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Louisville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36048. The Survey maps it on the Louisville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
45 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Hobdy between 1994 and 2019, burning about 117 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190906-15 |
| 3 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170922-1 |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 74 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 74 workings within 5 miles of Hobdy: 25 unknowns, 24 prospects, 21 past producers, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bar 1 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Bar 17 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2026Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hobdy in 1 storm report in 2026: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hobdy | - | Several uprooted trees and snapped limbs on both sides of CR 27 just north of CR 31. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pratts | 1.6 miles | 7 | |
| Louisville | 2.5 miles | 7 | |
| Baxters | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Lindsey | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Bells Crossroads | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Greens Crossroads | 6.1 miles | 7 | |
| Clayton | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Boot Hill | 7.2 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156484. 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.




