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.
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
Shady Grove Methodist Church and Cemeterylisted 2002
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Jones Chapel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Jones Chapel quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
109 since 1994Regional 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/incendiarism | 52 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 33 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 1925 COUNTY ROAD 998, AL |
| 29 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20140929-002 |
| 29 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2006Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Logan | $35,000 | Several trees were blown down and structural damage occurred to a barn and home on county roads 222, 349, and 346. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Logan | $12,000 | Several trees were reported down in the Logan community. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Logan | $3,000 | A meteorologist reported a few trees within a 5 mile radius of this location. A 54 mph wind gust was measured. |
| November 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Logan | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down on CR 222 in the Logan area. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Logan | $1,000 | A roof was blown off of a barn on Highway 847. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Logan | $1,000 | A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Logan | $500 | A tree was knocked down by thunderstorms winds near Logan. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Logan | $200 | A large tree was knocked down onto the road at the intersection of CR 222 and CR 831. Time estimated by radar. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Logan | - | 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 2008 | Hail | Logan | - | 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 2006 | Hail | Logan | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guthery Crossroads | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Chances Crossroad | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Bethel | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Crane Hill | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Trimble | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Spring Hill | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Grandview | 5.4 miles | 17 |
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 Logan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6666876 | 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 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.






