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.
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
Jefferson Historic Districtlisted 1976
Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records
- Charles Brasfield Grant House, State Highway 28, Jeffersonfederal building survey, 8 photographs
- W. G. Allen House, State Highway 28, Jeffersonfederal building survey, 8 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Jefferson quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Selma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
43 since 1995Regional 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/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140919-002 |
| 10 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160910-12 |
| 21 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO.RD.57, AL |
| 8 June 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down near Jefferson. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | $3,000 | A few trees and power lines were blown down just north and east of Jefferson. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Jefferson | $2,000 | Hail 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down near the intersection of AL-28 and CR-57, in the Jefferson community. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | - | Several trees uprooted along Highway 28. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Jefferson | - | Two inch size hail reported in the Jefferson community northwest of Linden. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | - | Several trees were uprooted in the community of Jefferson. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Jefferson | - | One inch hail reported. |
| November 2001 | Hail | Jefferson | - | Quarter size hail was reported in extreme northwest Marengo County near Jefferson. |
| January 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | - | 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | - | Numerous trees were blown down west of Jefferson according to sources with Gulf States. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pin Hook | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| McNeils (historical) | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Griffins (historical) | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Salt Well | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Moscow | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Robinson (historical) | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Paces (historical) | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Blue Lock (historical) | 6.8 miles | 9 |
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 Jefferson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6175335 | 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 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.




