Kellyton, Alabama
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Goodwater-Kellyton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35089. It stands on Cat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kellyton quadrangle. 129 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 761 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresKellyton fell from 217 to 129 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 217 | |
| 2020 | 129 | -88 (-41%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1901 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Kellyton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
132 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Kellyton between 1994 and 2020, burning about 598 acres in total. None started naturally. 31 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 54 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20140919-001 |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190913-9 |
| 12 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO RD 28, AL |
| 6 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180706-1 |
| 22 July 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200722-5 |
| 18 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kellyton: 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tin, Fluorine-Fluorite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockford Area | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Dave Marbury Tin Property | Tin | Occurrence | ||
| Prospect Number Six | Tin | Prospect | ||
| Prospect Number Ten | Tin | Prospect |
Storms near this place
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kellyton in 10 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kellyton | $10,000 | Several trees were blown down near the intersection of CR 50 and Church Street. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Kellyton | $5,000 | Several county roads around Coosa County had to be closed due to water over them, including CR-119, CR-16, CR-112, and CR-37. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kellyton | $4,000 | Several large trees were blown down in Kellyton. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kellyton | $4,000 | A few trees were blown down along CR 85 near the train tracks. The tracks were temporarily blocked by the fallen trees. |
| February 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kellyton | - | A bowing segment embedded within a line of strong thunderstorms produced isolated damage around the Kellyton community in eastern Coosa County on the morning of February 21, 2026. This damage was surveyed by NWS meteorologists and was determined to be the result of straight-line winds. A manufactured home sustained major roof damage on Trailer Park Rd, but this was an isolated incident with no further damage noted to the surrounding homes or trees. The bowing segment continued east with a localized area of several uprooted and a few snapped pines noted along Moon Rd. A metal outbuilding in this area also sustained minor roof damage with a corner of tin peeled back. Minor tree and power line damage was noted at times as far east as Dobbs Rd and Greenleaf St near Highway 63 in Tallapoosa County. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kellyton | - | A tree and power lines were blown down into the roadway along Moon Branch Road. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Kellyton | - | Up to golf ball-size hail was reported near Kellyton. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Kellyton | - | Golf ball size hail reported in Kellyton. |
| December 2005 | Hail | Kellyton | - | Marble to nickel size hail was observed in Kellyton. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Kellyton | - | 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.
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 Kellyton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q66856 | 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 121129. 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.







