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Hueytown, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35023. It lies near Clarke Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Bessemer quadrangle. 16,776 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 600 feet above sea level.

Hueytown within Jefferson County

Population over time

2 figures

Hueytown grew from 16,105 to 16,776 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
201016,105
202016,776+671 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

124 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Hueytown between 1994 and 2019, burning about 884 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 44 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 burning47
Arson/incendiarism44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural1

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
6 September 2019Debris and open burning80 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-5
3 September 1998Arson/incendiarism40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190921-23
2 September 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150902-001
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hueytown: 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Dolonah QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
IronatonIronUnknown
IronatonIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

32 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hueytown in 32 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 14 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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
April 2006Thunderstorm WindHueytown1 hurt, $50,000A tree fell onto a house, injuring one person.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Hueytown$250,000An F0 tornado touched down just east of Virginia Drive and traveled east southeast across the southern part of Hueytown. The tornado crossed Hueytown Road and ended just west of Brookline Drive. At least 20 homes were damaged by falling trees and 6 homes suffered major damage. The tornado path was 1.7 miles long and 150 yards wide at its widest point. Thousands of electric customers were left without power for several hours after the storm.Begin: 33 26 35/87 00 35 End: 33 25 72/86 58 75
March 1996Thunderstorm WindHueytown$45,000no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindHueytown$40,000Gas station overhang and chruch roof sustained damage. Several trees down.
November 2005Tornado (F0)Hueytown$39,000National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage that affected the Concord community, just northwest of Hueytown. It has been determined that the damage was the result of a tornado. The tornado has been rated an F0 on the Fujita Damage Intensity Scale. A weak tornado briefly touched down in the southwest part of Concord. The tornado produced damage along Smith Road, Masters Road and near Handley Lane. Several trees and large limbs were blown down along the path. Several sheds were overturned, a satellite dish was damaged and at least 5 homes sustained roof damage. This location is just southwest of County Road 46. The tornado damage path was only 0.4 miles long and 75 yards wide at its widest point. The tornado was on the ground at 240 PM CST. Begin: 33.4589/87.0295 End: 33.4620/87.0266
April 2006Thunderstorm WindHueytown$20,000Numerous trees and power lines down off Lake Road and CR 23 in the Alliance and Gilmore areas.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindHueytown$10,000no account filed
January 1997HailHueytown$9,000no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindHueytown$8,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindHueytown$5,000Trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm wind in Hueytown. WBRC-TV Channel 6 reported wind gust to 55 mph at their studio on top of Red Mountain in Birmingham. Lightning struck the Warrior City Hall damaging telephone and radio equipment.
January 1997HailHueytown$5,000no account filed
November 2003Thunderstorm WindHueytown$2,000Trees were blown down in Hueytown. NWS Storm Survey
March 2000Thunderstorm WindHueytown$2,000no account filed
April 2005HailHueytown$1,000Nickel size hail fell in and around Hueytown.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindHueytown$1,000A few trees were knocked down in Hueytown.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindHueytown-Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in Hueytown.
February 2007Flash FloodHueytown-Several roads became flooded, around Tin Mill Road and Allison Bonnet Parkway.
June 2007LightningHueytown-Lightning struck a drilling rig at the Shoal Creek Mine in western Jefferson County. The lightning ignited methane gas in the mine, and six miners were injured by the subsequent fire.
May 2006Flash FloodHueytown-Several streets were flooded in Hueytown by the Winn Dixie. Allison-Bonnet Drive and Forest Street had 6 to 8 inches of water on the road.
March 2005HailHueytown-Penny to quarter size hail was reported across the Birmingham metro area. Some of the locations that reported large hail include Hueytown, Bessemer, Legion Field, Trussville, Birmingham Southern, Huffman. Clay, Sylvan Springs and Chalkville.
March 2000HailHueytown-Dime size hail was reported in Hueytown.
August 1998HailHueytown-Dime size hail was reported in Hueytown.
March 1998HailHueytown-Dime size hail was reported in Hueytown.
August 1997Funnel CloudHueytown-A funnel cloud was reported near Hueytown.
March 1994Thunderstorm WindHueytown-Trees and power lines reported down in Hueytown.
February 2007HailHueytown-no account filed
February 2007HailHueytown-no account filed
February 2007HailHueytown-no account filed
April 2006HailHueytown-no account filed
August 2005HailHueytown-no account filed
March 2000HailHueytown-no account filed
March 1994HailHueytown-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
Woodmont0.3 miles24
Hueytown Crest0.7 miles24
Bush0.7 miles24
Vineland Park0.8 miles24
Industrial City0.9 miles24
Harlem Heights1.1 miles24
Brooklane Place1.2 miles24
Avalon Park1.5 miles24

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 HueytownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79257The 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 158850. 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.