Jerusalem, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hillsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35643. It stands on Wheeler Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hillsboro quadrangle.

Jerusalem within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

1936 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:24000
1948 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:24000
1951 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1974 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

74 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Jerusalem between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,350 acres in total. None started naturally. 25 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	25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	21
Debris and open burning	21
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	NOR-20130928-001
21 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	30 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2003	Railroad operations and maintenance	8.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	45 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	NOR-20150912-001
30 August 1999	Smoking	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
27 August 2010	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
27 August 1998	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jerusalem in 1 storm report in 2024: 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 2024	Tornado (EF1)	Jerusalem	-	A tornado touched down in a very remote portion of far northern Lawrence County near Melton Bluff. It moved across an agricultural field, causing minor damage to a large corn field. The tornado quickly intensified snapping off or uprooting a large forested area. The survey team noted several of these trees were medium to large size oak trees and significant damage was noted in this forested area. The tornado then descended Melton Bluff and crossed the Tennessee River into Limestone County.

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Brides Hill	2.6 miles	15
Wheeler	3.8 miles	15
Lakeview	3.9 miles	15
Lovettville	4.0 miles	15
Flower Hill	4.1 miles	15
Terry Heights	4.3 miles	14
Hillsboro	4.9 miles	15
Courtland	5.0 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156530. 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.