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Homewood, Alabama

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35209. It lies near Bald Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Birmingham South quadrangle. 26,414 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 666 feet above sea level.

Homewood within Jefferson County

On record in Homewood

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Homewood grew from 25,167 to 26,414 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.

YearPeople Change
201025,167
202026,414+1,247 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

26 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Homewood between 1993 and 2016, burning about 712 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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
Arson/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
15 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission1302 MORGAN RD, AL
2 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use350 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 45 ( N OF 27), AL
30 May 2011Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNORMAN DRIVE, AL
27 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20120427-002
22 April 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 April 1999Arson/incendiarism50 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 March 2006Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Homewood: 16 past producers, 4 unknowns, 3 producers, 3 plants. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Vermiculite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Birmingham PlantVermiculitePast Producer
East Thomas Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wade Sand & Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Birmingham Red Ore Dist.IronProducer
Birmingham Red Ore Mines DistrictIronPast Producer1864, 1972
Green Spring MineIronPast Producer
Hammond, Dago, Hendona, and Valleyview MinesIronPast ProducerHematite
Helen Bess MineIronPast Producer
Ishkooda MinesIronPast Producer1863, 1969
Kewanaw MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

41 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Homewood in 41 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 25 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
June 2000LightningHomewood1 hurt, $1,000A woman with a telephone headset on her head was affected by lightning. The lightning apparently ran through the telephone lines and into the building. She was taken to the hospital and released with only very minor injuries.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindHomewood$650,000A downburst with a late evening thunderstorm damaged trees, downed powerlines, and damaged several structures in a path about 3 miles long. The wind damage began near Oxmoor Road and I-65 where about 20 feet of decorative facia on a Comfort Inn motel was ripped off the roof and thrown onto about 10 cars. In the residential section of Southwood and Oak Grove Estates a number of trees were downed along with large limbs. The damaging wind crossed I-65 and damaged a number of apartments in the Woodmere Creek area where chimneys were ripped from the roofs. A number of trees and powerlines were also downed in this area. A double billboard which also served as a cellular telephone site was destroyed when three of the five telephone poles comprising the billboard were broken off. Additional trees were reported downed along Tyler Road which runs from Vestavia Hills into Hoover.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindHomewood$110,000At the intersection of US Highway 31, Mayfair Drive and Wellington Road, several trees were blown down. One of the fallen trees landed on a home and caused damage. At least three automobiles were damaged from fallen trees. Several other trees and power lines were blown down in a few other locations across Homewood. A large light pole fell onto Interstate 65 near Alford Avenue and the interstate was temporarily closed.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Homewood$65,000A quasi linear convective system produced an EF1 tornado, with winds estimated at 100 mph, in the city of Vestavia Hills. The path was 0.4 miles long and 100 yards wide. The brief tornado touched down near the Vestavia Hills Police Department along Highway 31, traveled northeast crossing Bird Park and lifted just to the north of the Vestavia Hills Country Club, near Glenwood Road. Numerous hardwood trees were uprooted and thirty pine trees in Bird Park were snapped. An automobile sustained damage when its windows were blown out. Several buildings, homes and fencing were damaged; most due to fallen trees. One home sustained significant damage as the drywall fasteners on the ceiling were loosened by the force of the winds.
January 1997HailHomewood$15,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindHomewood$10,000A few trees were blown down in the city of Homewood. One large tree fell onto an automobile and severely damaged it. Other trees fell and temporarily blocked roadways.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindHomewood$10,000no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindHomewood$10,000no account filed
April 2009Thunderstorm WindHomewood$5,000Two trees were blown down at the Birmingham Zoo, destroying a bridge, walkway, and light pole.
April 1998HailHomewood$5,000Hail the size of quarters was reported in Homewood.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindHomewood$2,000Several trees were uprooted at the Birmingham Zoo.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindHomewood$2,000Several trees and power lines were blown down in Homewood near the intersection of Oxmoor Road and Lakeshore Drive.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHomewood$1,000A tree was blown down, blocking the road between the 1400 and 1500 block of Valley Road.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindHomewood$1,000Several trees were knocked down in and around Homewood.
February 2024Thunderstorm WindHomewood$500Several trees were uprooted into roadways in Jefferson County, especially in the Mountain Brook area, where Overton Rd, Cherokee Rd, and Old Leeds Rd were blocked. ASOS station KBHM measured a gust of 40 mph at 3:29 PM CST.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHomewood-Tree damage occurred along Red Mountain. A fatality and an injury occurred on 21st Avenue South the next morning after a tree fell on power workers during storm cleanup.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHomewood-Several trees were downed in the Vestavia Hills area, with one falling on a house.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHomewood-Several trees were downed in Mountain Brook, including along Mountain Brook Pkwy near Cahaba Rd.
December 2023Tornado (EF1)Homewood-An EF-1 tornado touched down just west of US Highway 31 in the Southwood community, just east of Lakeshore Foundation. Numerous softwood trees were knocked down across Old Montgomery Highway and Ashley Road, with some on homes. The tornado tracked east, nearly paralleling Lakeshore Drive/Shades Creek Parkway. At this point the tornado was near its maximum EF-1 intensity and also its widest point of 200 yards. Several houses on the north side of Shades Creek Parkway along Yorkshire Drive, Devon Drive, and Windsor Drive were damaged by falling trees. Power poles were snapped as well. The north facing side of Brookwood Mall also sustained minor structural damage. The very narrow tornado passed through the interchange of US Highway 280 and Shades Creek Parkway, with tree and power line damage noted around the interchange. The tornado moved northeastward across Cahaba Road and up a ridge, with a defined area of tree damage consisting of uproots and snapped limbs and tree tops. The last observable damage occurred at the top of the ridge along Cherokee Road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindHomewood-Numerous trees uprooted in the city of Homewood.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindHomewood-Several trees uprooted along Shades Creek Parkway.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindHomewood-Several trees uprooted on Vestavia Country Club golf course.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindHomewood-Several trees uprooted in the city of Homewood.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindHomewood-Several trees uprooted in the city of Vestavia Hills, including at the intersection of Highway 31 and Kentucky Avenue.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHomewood-Several trees uprooted on Sunset Drive.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHomewood-Several trees uprooted on Overton Road.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindHomewood-Several trees uprooted in the Birmingham metro area.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHomewood-Numerous trees uprooted and power lines downed in the city of Mountain Brook.
August 2013Flash FloodHomewood-Several inches of rain fell quickly across portions of the Birmingham metropolitan area, causing many roadways to became impassable and creeks to rise out of their banks. Water more than two feet deep was reported along Rocky Ridge Road. Multiple sections of U.S. Highway 31 were impassable from Vestavia to Hoover. Water covered portions of Lakeshore Drive near Samford University. Roads near Vestavia Bowling Alley became impassable as Patton Creek rose out of its banks and flooded the surrounding areas, including the bowling alley.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindHomewood-Sixty to 70 mph winds were estimated at the WIAT-TV studios, atop Red Mountain in Birmingham.
June 2010Heavy RainHomewood-Water was reported over Lane Park Road, just east of the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
April 2006HailHomewood-Reported just off Oxmoor and Valley Roads.
April 2006HailHomewood-Penny to quarter sized hail fell for several minutes.
May 2003HailHomewood-Nickel size hail was reported in Homewood.
April 2001HailHomewood-Dime size hail fell in Homewood.
July 1995HailHomewood-* Pinson,03,1638CST- *,,1645CST,,,?,?,?,?,Hail (1.75) Three-quarters inch hail was reported at Oxmoor Valley Golf Club in Homewood. One inch hail was reported in the Trace Crossings area of Hoover just south of Interstate 459. Three to four trees were also reported down in Hoover. Dime to golf ball-size hail was reported in Pinson lasting about seven minutes.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindHomewood-no account filed
March 2012HailHomewood-no account filed
February 2009HailHomewood-no account filed
June 2008HailHomewood-no account filed
March 1994HailHomewood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Mayfair0.4 miles26
Windsor Highlands0.4 miles26
Grove Park0.5 miles26
Edgewood0.6 miles26
Buena Vista Highlands0.8 miles26
Rosedale0.9 miles26
Lake Shore Estates0.9 miles26
Hollywood0.9 miles26

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 HomewoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79700The 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 120316. 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.