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Loxley, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Robertsdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36551. The Survey maps it on the Silverhill quadrangle. 3,710 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 171 feet above sea level.

Loxley within Baldwin County

On record in Loxley

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Loxley grew from 1,632 to 3,710 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,632
20203,710+2,078 (+127%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

175 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Loxley between 1994 and 2018, burning about 1,896 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 41 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 burning69
Arson/incendiarism41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Recreation and ceremony16
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1
Other causes1
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
29 September 2006Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150919-002
19 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1994Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 1994Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Loxley: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Radcliff Materials, Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Baldwin County

Storms near this place

41 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loxley in 41 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 16 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 5 lightning, 3 tornado. 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
January 1997LightningLoxley$90,000no account filed
February 2008Thunderstorm WindLoxley$55,000A thunderstorm wind gust blew part of the roof off of a house and also destroyed a barn west of Wilcox Road.
October 2017Flash FloodLoxley$30,000Multiple areas of County Road 64 west of Highway 59 under water due to heavy rain.
April 1996LightningLoxley$25,000no account filed
April 2005Thunderstorm WindLoxley$15,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees and damaged a manufactured home near Loxley.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindLoxley$10,000Winds estimates at 70 mph caused the roof of the Exxon station on hwy 59 to collapse.
March 2005Thunderstorm WindLoxley$10,000no account filed
June 2007HailLoxley$8,000Quarter to golfball size hail fell from a severe thunderstorm and lasted several minutes and damaged some automobiles.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindLoxley$5,000Several pecan trees were blown down by high winds.
July 1999LightningLoxley$5,000A barn on US Hwy 59 in Loxley was reported struck by lightning.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindLoxley$5,000Several trees and power lines were blown down near Loxley.
September 1998Tornado (F0)Loxley$3,000A tornado briefly touched down just north of I-10 near the Loxley exit. The only damage was to trees and power lines.
June 2012Funnel CloudLoxley$2,000Funnel cloud observed 3 times by fire dept near County Roads 64 and 65. Tree limbs were also down in the area.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindLoxley$500Thunderstorm wind destroyed a metal shed and downed some tree limbs at Loxley in central Baldwin County.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindLoxley$500no account filed
March 2026Thunderstorm WindLoxley-Straight line winds resulted in damage to roofs at a nursery. A trailer was also blown over. Time estimated.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindLoxley-Several trees down on Barlow Rd.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLoxley-High winds downed trees and powerlines on CR66.
June 2023Tornado (EF0)Loxley-A brief EF-0 tornado touched down on the south side of County|Road 64, just west of the County Road 66 intersection. The|tornado moved southeast and stayed to the south of County Road|64. The end point is estimated. Spotty tree damage was noted|along the path, including two large hardwood trees that were|uprooted and facing back toward the west.
June 2023Flash FloodLoxley-Heavy rain caused flooding on CR 64.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindLoxley-High winds downed tress on CR 68 near Loxley.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLoxley-A wooded porch was lifted and thrown across the yard.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLoxley-Measured by the USA Chili mesonet.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindLoxley-USA CHILI mesonet site in Loxley measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 74 mph.
March 2009Flash FloodLoxley-Heavy rains caused widespread flooding of road ways around Loxley.
September 2000HailLoxley-Thunderstorm produced nickel sized hail.
August 2000HailLoxley-Dime size hail was reported in Loxley.
March 1999LightningLoxley-Lighting struck a radio transmission tower in Loxley. The tower housed three different stations and knocked them all off for two days. Someone at the tower reported that they had sixteen lightning hits in just a few minutes.
March 1999LightningLoxley-Lightning hit the broadcast tower of WPMI-TV (Channel 15) in Loxley and knocked their broadcast off the air for several hours.
July 1999HailLoxley-Dime size hail was reported along US Highway 90 just west of Loxley.
April 1995Tornado (F0)Loxley-A tornado briefly touched down between Loxley and Stapleton. No damage was found. The length and width of the tornado were estimated.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindLoxley-no account filed
May 2022HailLoxley-no account filed
July 2020HailLoxley-no account filed
June 2012HailLoxley-no account filed
July 2011HailLoxley-no account filed
April 2009HailLoxley-no account filed
August 2006HailLoxley-no account filed
March 2005HailLoxley-no account filed
April 2003HailLoxley-no account filed
May 2002HailLoxley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Baldwin 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
Ellisville2.2 miles18
Rosinton3.2 miles16
Yelling Settlement4.4 miles18
Robertsdale5.0 miles16
Silverhill5.0 miles18
Belforest5.4 miles18
Malbis5.8 miles18
Steelwood6.9 miles18

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 LoxleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q67581The 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 155142. 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.