Magnolia Springs, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Foley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36555. It stands on Schoolhouse Branch. The Survey maps it on the Magnolia Springs quadrangle. 811 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 33 feet above sea level.
On record in Magnolia Springs
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 6 records
Brunell Houselisted 1995
Governor's Clublisted 2000
Moore Storelisted 2001
St. Paul's Episcopal Churchlisted 1988
Sunnyside Hotellisted 1998- Magnolia Springs Historic Districtlisted 2012
Population over time
2 figuresMagnolia Springs grew from 723 to 811 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 | 723 | |
| 2020 | 811 | +88 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1921 USGS Point Clear quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Weeks Bay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Weeks Bay quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Magnolia Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
71 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Magnolia Springs between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,292 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180920-1 |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 13974 SHERWOOD HIGHLAND RD, AL |
| 11 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | HANAK 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 Magnolia Springs: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairhope Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yupon | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Bayside | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Turkey Branch | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| River Park | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Marlow | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Foley | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Foley Recreational Vehicle Park | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Barnwell | 5.7 miles | 18 |
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 Magnolia Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q68422 | 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 122218. 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.







