Kimberly, Alabama
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Kimberly-Morris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35091. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Warrior quadrangle. 3,841 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 459 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresKimberly grew from 2,711 to 3,841 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 | 2,711 | |
| 2020 | 3,841 | +1,130 (+42%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 26 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.
- 1889 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1907 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Warrior quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Warrior quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
165 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Kimberly between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,290 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 50 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 | 62 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190930-2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kimberly in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kimberly | $3,000 | Trees were blown down in Kimberly. EMA |
| April 2021 | Hail | Kimberly | - | Quarter size hail reported in the towns of Kimberly and Morris. |
| February 2019 | Hail | Kimberly | - | Nickel size hail near the town of Kimberly. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Kimberly | - | Quarter size hail in the town of Kimberly. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kimberly | - | Trees were reported down along Bill Jones Road. The tin roof of a vacant manufactured home was also removed. |
| April 2011 | Heavy Rain | Kimberly | - | Measured rainfall of 2.3 inches led to minor flooding on Highway 31 between Morris and Kimberly. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Kimberly | - | Dime size hail was reported in Kimberly. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Kimberly | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Haven | 0.7 miles | 26 | |
| Morris | 1.8 miles | 27 | |
| Seloca | 1.8 miles | 26 | |
| Cherokee Estates | 2.0 miles | 26 | |
| Parker Hudson Estates | 2.1 miles | 26 | |
| Beltona | 2.5 miles | 26 | |
| Warrior | 2.8 miles | 26 | |
| Majestic | 3.3 miles | 27 |
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 Kimberly | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65999 | 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 151954. 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.









