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Malbis, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Daphne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36526. The Survey maps it on the Stapleton quadrangle. It stands 197 feet above sea level.

Malbis within Baldwin County

On record in Malbis

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

133 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Malbis between 1994 and 2020, burning about 884 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 29 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 burning38
Arson/incendiarism29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
30 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2006Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190926-4
20 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150920-009
2 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20120904-001
9 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Malbis: 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bal 2 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerClay, Quartz
Y P S Kaolin ProspectKaolinProspect

Every working recorded in Baldwin County

Storms near this place

12 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Malbis in 12 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1997Thunderstorm WindMalbis1 hurt, $15,000no account filed
March 2016Thunderstorm WindMalbis$1,000An of duty NWS Employee reports minor roof damage to a neighbors home.
April 2025Flash FloodMalbis-Heavy rain caused flooding over the bridge on Turkey Branch Dr.
April 2025Flash FloodMalbis-Portions of Hwy 181 impassable due to flooding. Cars stalled out.
July 2023HailMalbis-Large hail lasted at least 5 minutes in duration. There was damage to numerous vehicles and roofs in the neighborhood. Many older roofs are having to be replaced. The hail was also wind driven and estimated the winds gusted up to 50 mph. There were several large branches downed in the area.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindMalbis-High winds downed numerous trees near CR 27.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMalbis-High winds downed trees and power lines.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMalbis-High winds estimated around 60 mph damaged a fence.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindMalbis-NWS storm survey found the damage in the Spanish Fort area along and just north of Highway 31 was from straight line winds of 70-80 mph. Several trees were downed in the area, including one large tree on an apartment complex building on Stagecoach Road. Fence damage was also noted along with some minor roof damage to a few buildings.
September 2018Flash FloodMalbis-Cars were stalled in high water over the road in the Malbis area.
June 2007HailMalbis-Public report of quarter size hail along Interstate 10 near Malbis.
May 2006HailMalbis-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
Yelling Settlement2.5 miles18
Bridgehead3.2 miles24
Park City3.3 miles24
Belforest3.6 miles18
Spanish Fort3.6 miles24
Fort McDermott3.6 miles24
Ellisville3.7 miles18
Jackson Oak3.9 miles21

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 MalbisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6742121The 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 156648. 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.