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Jefferson, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Demopolis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36732. The Survey maps it on the Jefferson quadrangle. It stands 233 feet above sea level.

Jefferson within Marengo County

On record in Jefferson

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 1 record

Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

Photographs

2 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Charles Brasfield Grant House, State Highway 28, Jefferson, Marengo County, AL
Charles Brasfield Grant House, State Highway 28, Jefferson, Marengo County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
W. G. Allen House, State Highway 28, Jefferson, Marengo County, AL
W. G. Allen House, State Highway 28, Jefferson, Marengo County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

43 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Jefferson between 1995 and 2018, burning about 390 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Debris and open burning12
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
27 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20140919-002
10 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160910-12
21 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO.RD.57, AL
8 June 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marengo County

Storms near this place

11 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jefferson in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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
May 2005Thunderstorm WindJefferson$5,000Several trees were blown down near Jefferson.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindJefferson$3,000A few trees and power lines were blown down just north and east of Jefferson.
April 2005HailJefferson$2,000Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported from near Jefferson to near Thomaston. The large hail covered the ground in several locations.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindJefferson$1,000Several trees were blown down near the intersection of AL-28 and CR-57, in the Jefferson community.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindJefferson-Several trees uprooted along Highway 28.
March 2023HailJefferson-Two inch size hail reported in the Jefferson community northwest of Linden.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindJefferson-Several trees were uprooted in the community of Jefferson.
October 2010HailJefferson-One inch hail reported.
November 2001HailJefferson-Quarter size hail was reported in extreme northwest Marengo County near Jefferson.
January 1995Thunderstorm WindJefferson-Trees were reported downed in the Sweetwater area in the southwest part of the county and in the Jefferson area in northwest Marengo County when a thunderstorm moved through the county.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindJefferson-Numerous trees were blown down west of Jefferson according to sources with Gulf States.

Every storm recorded in Marengo 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
Pin Hook2.5 miles12
McNeils (historical)4.9 miles9
Griffins (historical)4.9 miles9
Salt Well5.2 miles11
Moscow6.3 miles11
Robinson (historical)6.3 miles8
Paces (historical)6.3 miles11
Blue Lock (historical)6.8 miles9

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 JeffersonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6175335The 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 120829. 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.