Hurtsboro, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hurtsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36860. The Survey maps it on the Hurtsboro quadrangle. 349 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 351 feet above sea level.
On record in Hurtsboro
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 2 records
Joel Hurt Houselisted 2005
Hurtsboro Historic Districtlisted 2009
Population over time
2 figuresHurtsboro fell from 553 to 349 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 553 | |
| 2020 | 349 | -204 (-37%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Hurtsboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
252 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of Hurtsboro between 1994 and 2020, burning about 5,044 acres in total. None started naturally. 92 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/incendiarism | 92 |
| Debris and open burning | 91 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160909-19 |
| 7 September 1999 | Smoking | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190930-1 |
| 28 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190928-11 |
| 27 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190927-3 |
| 24 September 2008 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | HWY 51, AL |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190920-34 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hurtsboro: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurtsboro Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hurtsboro Quarry | Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz |
Storms near this place
23 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hurtsboro in 23 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 11 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurtsboro | 2 hurt, $25,000 | Two people sustained minor injuries in the storm in Hurtsboro when they lost the roof to their home. Trees and power lines were down across the city. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Hurtsboro | $35,000 | The supercell continued dropping golf ball size hail and eventually moved into Georgia. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Hurtsboro | $10,000 | Flooding was reported on Main Street, and on Railroad Street, in the city of Hurtsboro. Water was well over 6 inches deep, and rose up to the door of the police station. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurtsboro | $2,000 | A few trees were blown down in and near Hurtsboro. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurtsboro | $2,000 | A few trees were blown down on the western side of Hurtsboro. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurtsboro | $500 | A tree was blown down on Shady Grove Road, near Hurtsboro. |
| February 2024 | Flash Flood | Hurtsboro | - | Homes along US Highway 80 had water in them after a period of heavy rainfall. |
| February 2024 | Flood | Hurtsboro | - | Numerous roadways across the county remained impassable the day after up to eight inches of rain fell in northern Russell County, mainly along flooded creeks and streams. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurtsboro | - | Multiple trees were blown down around Hurtsboro. |
| October 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurtsboro | - | Several trees uprooted in the city of Hurtsboro and throughout the county. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Hurtsboro | - | Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sally produced rainfall amounts of 6-10 inches across Russell County, resulting in numerous flooded roadways, mainly across the southern portion of the county. |
| January 2017 | Flash Flood | Hurtsboro | - | Reports of vehicles under water in Phenix City and a few homes and businesses experiencing flooding in the town of Hurtsboro. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurtsboro | - | Trees were uprooted along Shady Grove Road on the east side of Hurtsboro. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Hurtsboro | - | Quarter size hail covered the ground in Hurtsboro. Several large tree limbs were blown down in the same area. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Hurtsboro | - | Penny size hail was observed between Seale and Pittsview. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Hurtsboro | - | Penny size hail was observed just north of Hurtsboro. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Hurtsboro | - | Nickel size hail was observed just north of the city of Hurtsboro. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Hurtsboro | - | Nickel size hail was reported in Hurstboro and south of the city. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Hurtsboro | - | Nickel size hail was reported in Hurtsboro. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Hurtsboro | - | Nickel size hail was reported by city hall. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Hurtsboro | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Hail | Hurtsboro | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Hurtsboro | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wende | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Rutherford | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Hatchechubbee | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Uchee | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Persons | 9.2 miles | 8 | |
| Colbert | 9.9 miles | 20 | |
| Hooks | 10.3 miles | 10 | |
| Hyram | 11.8 miles | 20 |
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 Hurtsboro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65546 | 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 151840. 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.




