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Hopkins, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Concord-Rock Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35023. It stands on Bear Branch. The Survey maps it on the Concord quadrangle.

Hopkins within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

119 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Hopkins between 1994 and 2019, burning about 4,084 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 48 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/incendiarism48
Debris and open burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
8 September 2007Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Natural8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning23 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2006Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190921-23
2 September 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150902-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

12 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hopkins in 12 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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 2021Flash FloodHopkins1 killedHeavy rainfall associated with Tropical Depression Claudette produced widespread flooding across Jefferson County during the evening hours on June 19th and the early morning hours on June 20th. Many roads in the Birmingham metro area were flooded and impassable and several water rescues were performed from flooded vehicles. Storm total rainfall amounts were in the 3-5 inch range. Village Creek in Birmingham recorded its 4th highest stage on record at 14.22 feet. One fatality occurred when a man was washed away in flood waters near Pebble Creek Parkway and Highway 78.
May 2017LightningHopkins$100,000Lightning struck a home in the Willow Bend Subdivision and the structure burnt to the ground.
April 2008Tornado (EF0)Hopkins$5,000The tornado briefly touched down in the Rock Creek area near Glaze Drive and the Rock Creek Baptist Church. Damage was limited to a small grove of snapped and uprooted pine trees.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHopkins$3,000Several pine trees were blown down near Union Hill Baptist Church.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindHopkins$1,000Trees were blown down on Taylors Ferry Road.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindHopkins$1,000Trees were blown down near the intersection of Taylor's Ferry Road and Lock 17 Road, between Sylvan Springs and Oak Grove.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHopkins-Trees were downed on William Howton Rd near Sylvan Springs.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindHopkins-Several trees uprooted across west Jefferson County.
July 2018Flash FloodHopkins-Flooding reported along Old Rock Creek Road and in the city of Hueytown.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindHopkins-Wind gust recorded at Union Hill Church on the corner of Taylors Ferry Road and Warrior River Road.
May 2012HailHopkins-no account filed
April 2010HailHopkins-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
Rock Creek0.5 miles20
Concord2.8 miles20
Hoagtown3.2 miles22
Sylvan Springs4.0 miles22
Toadvine4.2 miles20
Gilmore4.2 miles21
Cedarbrook Forest4.3 miles24
Ezra4.3 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 144284. 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.