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Huffman, Alabama

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35215. It lies near Pilot Knob. The Survey maps it on the Irondale quadrangle.

Huffman within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

45 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Huffman between 1994 and 2019, burning about 299 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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/incendiarism16
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission618 CR 126, AL
25 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission2386 CR 65, AL
22 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 6 & CR 81, AL
17 July 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 July 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 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 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Huffman: 12 past producers, 5 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Manganese. 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
Dolcito QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mt Pinson MinesIron, ManganesePast ProducerGoethite
Alfretta MinesIronPast Producer1903
Alfretta No 1 MineIronPast Producer
Alfretta No. 2 MineIronPast Producer
Alfretta No. 3 MineIronUnknown
Alfretta No. 4 MineIronPast Producer
Alfretta No. 5 MineIronPast Producer
Bald Eagle MineIronPast Producer
Hammond MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huffman in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2010Tornado (EF1)Huffman$50,000The tornado initially touched down approximately 3.5 miles northeast of the Birmingham airport near L.M. Smith Middle School and traveled northeast crossing Huffman Road, Center Point Parkway, Old Springville Road and Brewster Road. The tornado dissipated just south of the Grayson Valley Country Club. Numerous homes received minor roof damage with 25-50 large trees uprooted or snapped. Damage to structures was spotty mainly due to trees falling down. While most damage was limited to siding and roofing, three homes received major damage.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHuffman$5,000no account filed
May 1998HailHuffman$2,000no account filed
June 2022Flash FloodHuffman-Several roads flooded and impassable across eastern Jefferson County along Highway 75 near Center Point. Several cars submerged near Sweeney Hollow Road and a water rescue from a home in the same area. Shadow Lake Road flooded and impassable.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindHuffman-Several trees uprooted and power lines downed along Meg Drive.
June 2008HailHuffman-no account filed
June 2008HailHuffman-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
Roebuck Park0.4 miles30
Roebuck Crest Estates0.5 miles30
Magnolia Courts0.6 miles30
Brookhurst0.7 miles30
Roebuck Gardens0.8 miles30
Biscayne Highlands1.0 miles30
Barnisdale Forest1.0 miles30
Nelson Heights1.0 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 120520. 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.