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Logan, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Logan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35098. The Survey maps it on the Jones Chapel quadrangle. It stands 741 feet above sea level.

Logan within Cullman County

On record in Logan

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

Fires near this place

109 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Logan between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,106 acres in total. None started naturally. 52 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/incendiarism52
Debris and open burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Arson/incendiarism33 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2008Arson/incendiarism17 acresAlabama Forestry Commission1925 COUNTY ROAD 998, AL
29 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140929-002
29 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2007Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cullman County

Storms near this place

11 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Logan in 11 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 9 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2010Thunderstorm WindLogan$35,000Several trees were blown down and structural damage occurred to a barn and home on county roads 222, 349, and 346.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindLogan$12,000Several trees were reported down in the Logan community.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindLogan$3,000A meteorologist reported a few trees within a 5 mile radius of this location. A 54 mph wind gust was measured.
November 2025Thunderstorm WindLogan$1,000A tree was knocked down on CR 222 in the Logan area. Time estimated by radar.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindLogan$1,000A roof was blown off of a barn on Highway 847.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindLogan$1,000A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindLogan$500A tree was knocked down by thunderstorms winds near Logan.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindLogan$200A large tree was knocked down onto the road at the intersection of CR 222 and CR 831. Time estimated by radar.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindLogan-A swath of wind damage over one half mile wide occurred around the Logan community. Multiple trees were snapped an uprooted, including several which fell onto nearby houses. A utility pole was also broken. Several houses had metal roofs peeled off, and multiple architectural shingles were pulled off a well constructed house.
March 2008HailLogan-Penny sized hail was reported by the public at a trailer in the Logan community. This information was relayed to NWS representatives by the Sheriff's office.
May 2006HailLogan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cullman 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Guthery Crossroads1.6 miles12
Chances Crossroad3.7 miles11
Bethel4.1 miles17
Crane Hill4.3 miles12
Trimble4.3 miles18
Spring Hill4.7 miles17
Sulphur Springs5.3 miles12
Grandview5.4 miles17

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 LoganAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6666876The 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 159998. 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.