Hogglesville, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Greensboro Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35474. It stands on Latner Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hogglesville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hogglesville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Hogglesville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
80 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Hogglesville between 1995 and 2019, burning about 639 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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 | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150909-001 |
| 9 September 2011 | Natural | 6.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | HALF BAKED |
| 7 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150907-001 |
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | BRAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hogglesville in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Hogglesville | $350,000 | A tornado initially touched down in eastern Hale County and tracked northeast into the Talladega National Forest and western Bibb County. The tornado lifted just east of Mertz. The tornado touched down east of CR 85, southwest of Hogglesville and tracked northeast along CR 25. As the tornado moved through Wateroak, a mobile home and a business were damaged. Significant tree damage was also noted along the path. Damage was consistent with an EF1 rating and winds of 110 mph. The tornado moved into Bibb County south of CR 25. |
| September 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Hogglesville | $12,000 | An EF0 tornado, associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, with estimated peak winds of 70 MPH touched down approximately 8 miles northeast of Greensboro, near the intersection of County Road 32 and County Road 51. The tornado moved north-northeast, parallel to Alabama Highway 25, and lifted just north of Starling Rd. The tornado snapped off or uprooted several trees. The downed trees caused roof damage to a house and a small storage barn. The metal roof panels of another outbuilding were torn off. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hogglesville | - | Hundreds of trees uprooted and snapped along County Road 25 northeast of Greensboro. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Hogglesville | - | Quarter size hail reported near Lake Payne. |
| December 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Hogglesville | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in eastern Hale County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 75 mph.||The tornado touched down along County Road 32 in eastern Hale County where a few pine trees were uprooted. The tornado tracked northeast and crossed into Perry County about one-half mile south of Massengale Road. |
| December 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hogglesville | - | Several trees uprooted near the intersection of Highway 25 and County Road 29. |
| September 2012 | Flash Flood | Hogglesville | - | Several roads north of Greensboro were closed due to over 6 inches of flowing water over the roadways. These roads include Highway 25, County Road 32, and County Road 85. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Hogglesville | - | no account filed |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122557956 | 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 159785. 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.






