Kellerman, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Brookwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35444. It stands on Flatrock Branch. The Survey maps it on the Brookwood quadrangle. It stands 538 feet above sea level.
On record in Kellerman
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- John Hollis Bankhead Lock & Dam, On Warrior River below Port Birmingham, Kellermanfederal building survey, 4 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 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.
- 1899 USGS Brookwood quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1929 USGS Searles quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Searles quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Brookwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
66 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Kellerman between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,346 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 28 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 27 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | STANLEY RD. N. OF BROOKWOOD, AL |
| 17 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190817-1 |
| 17 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kellerman in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 4 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2000 | Tornado (F2) | Kellerman | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kellerman | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in and near Kellerman. Several of the fallen trees temporarily blocked roadways. Dime size hail was also reported during the storm. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kellerman | - | Antioch Fire Department reported numerous trees were downed along Lock 17 Rd. Relayed by a trained spotter. |
| March 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Kellerman | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northeastern Tuscaloosa County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 110 mph. A tornado touched down in rural Tuscaloosa county with numerous hardwood and softwood trees were snapped or uprooted. Damage began along Burchfield Road where the most intense damage was observed. The tornado moved through mostly inaccessible areas, crossing Cane Creek, Davis Creek, and Rockhouse Creek before crossing into Jefferson County near Ethridge Road. |
| March 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Kellerman | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in Tuscaloosa County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 60 mph.||The survey team was unable to access the area where the tornado began. Based on RADAR velocity, reflectivity, and dual-pol data, the tornado was estimated to have started in a forested area about one-third of a mile southwest of Humphries Drive. This point is located west of County Road 59/Lock 17 Road and east of the Black Warrior River, due north of the Brookwood community. The tornado traveled northeast crossing Humphries Drive and lifted along Antioch Community Road. Damage primarily consisted of downed trees, but one mobile home sustained very minor damage to the underpinning. |
| February 2019 | Hail | Kellerman | - | Quarter size hail covering the ground. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kellerman | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed at Yellow Creek Campground. |
| January 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Kellerman | - | A tornado touched down in Northeastern Tuscaloosa County just east of the Black Warrior River and then traveled into Jefferson County. The tornado initially touched down one mile west of Groundhog Road, approximately 3 miles northwest of Bull City. Here, dozens of soft and hardwood trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado then traveled to the northeast with winds of 100 MPH, snapping and uprooting hundreds of trees along the track. It then crossed into Jefferson County, eventually lifting along Toadvine Road, just southwest of Short Creek. Merchantable timber losses estimated by the Alabama Forestry Commission for this track are approximately $5K. |
| March 2002 | Hail | Kellerman | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burchfield | 0.4 miles | 21 | |
| Searles | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| North Alabama Junction | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| East Brookwood | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Pattersontown | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Klondike | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Bull City | 5.8 miles | 23 | |
| Brookwood | 5.9 miles | 21 |
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 Kellerman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14679232 | 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 121109. 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.







