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Ivalee, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Gadsden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35954. It stands on Brown Creek. The Survey maps it on the Howelton quadrangle. 946 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 591 feet above sea level.

Ivalee within Etowah County

Population over time

2 figures

Ivalee grew from 879 to 946 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
2010879
2020946+67 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

165 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Ivalee between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,706 acres in total. None started naturally. 96 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/incendiarism96
Debris and open burning48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony7
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190907-7
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160907-9
24 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Etowah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Ivalee: 7 past producers, 6 occurrences, 6 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Nickel, Cobalt. 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
Greasy CoveManganese, Nickel, CobaltOccurrence
Greasy Cove ProspectManganese, CobaltPast ProducerPyrolusite
Carroll QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerChert
Osborn Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Osborn Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Greasy Cove DepositManganesePast Producer1934
Sewell DepositManganesePast Producer1949
Attalla Iron Ore Prospect No 1IronOccurrence
Attalla Iron Ore Prospect No 2IronOccurrence
Attalla Iron Ore Prospect No 3IronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Etowah County

Storms near this place

6 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ivalee in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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
August 2007Thunderstorm WindIvalee$5,000Powers lines were blown down near the intersection of US-278 and US-431.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindIvalee$2,000Trees were blown down near the Ivalee Community School, west of Attalla.
April 2020Flash FloodIvalee-Several roads flooded and impassible in the cities of Gadsden and Attalla.
April 2020Tornado (EF1)Ivalee-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in Etowah County near Attalla and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 95 mph.||A tornado touched down southwest of the City of Attalla, generally in a wooded area near Lemon Hollow Road. Damage from this tornado mostly involved softwood trees that were snapped or uprooted while crossing Miller Hollow Road a few times until the tornado approached Highway 77. Here, dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted, as well as minor structural damage to a farm building and a power substation north of Gray Creek Drive. The tornado crossed Highway 77 near Clear Creek and Little Sand Valley where further tree damage was observed. It then crossed US Highway 431 and tracked along the ridgetop along Simmons Lane where trees were snapped and uprooted. Farther northeast, a residence sustained minor roof and porch damage as the circulation center passed overhead, which was evident by convergent fallen trees and debris on the property. The tornado continued northeast where additional tree damage was observed and then dissipated near Wesson Gap Road.
September 2011Flash FloodIvalee-Due to heavy rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, several roadways and yards were flooded with several feet of water in the city of Attalla.
August 2007HailIvalee-Reported on US-278, near Mountaintop Flea Market.

Every storm recorded in Etowah 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
Benson (historical)1.1 miles19
Rhea (historical)1.6 miles22
Moragne1.8 miles22
Norton1.9 miles22
Stanfield (historical)1.9 miles19
Littleton2.3 miles19
Pleasant Valley2.5 miles19
Stowers Hill2.5 miles22

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 IvaleeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1263381The 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 120722. 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.