Kirbytown, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Town Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35755. It stands on Yellow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Swearengin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1888 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1936 USGS Swearengin quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Swearengin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Swearengin 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
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
72 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Kirbytown between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,351 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160907-2 |
| 4 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20150930-001 |
| 30 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190916-20 |
| 16 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 535 CO. LINE RD., AL |
| 15 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 535 CO. LINE RD., AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kirbytown: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jac 9a Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Shelley Thomas Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kirbytown in 4 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirbytown | $200 | One tree was knocked down on Holiday Shores Drive. |
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Kirbytown | - | Very sporadic tree damage was noted as the tornado approached McCamey Road. |
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Kirbytown | - | The tornado then proceeded into wooded area before reaching the Tennessee River-Lake Guntersville once again. |
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Kirbytown | - | A tornado developed in the waterway west of Holiday Shores Drive in Marshall County. The first-observed damage was a swath of softwood trees along the shore. Here, the|trees were snapped and uprooted. Just north of the trees, a single boat-slip house was destroyed. Further inland, numerous uprooted and snapped softwood trees were also|surveyed having fallen on a few homes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Breezeway Bay | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Mid (historical) | 3.3 miles | 23 | |
| Tanglewood | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Pendergrass (historical) | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Five Points | 4.7 miles | 23 | |
| Oak Grove | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Glen Haven | 5.1 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156564. 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.









