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.
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.
- Malbis Plantationlisted 2011 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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 Fairhope quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Fairhope quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Fairhope quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Fairhope quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Stapleton quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Stapleton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
133 since 1994Regional 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 burning | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190926-4 |
| 20 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150920-009 |
| 2 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20120904-001 |
| 9 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bal 2 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Producer | Clay, Quartz | |
| Y P S Kaolin Prospect | Kaolin | Prospect |
Storms near this place
12 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malbis | 1 hurt, $15,000 | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malbis | $1,000 | An of duty NWS Employee reports minor roof damage to a neighbors home. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Malbis | - | Heavy rain caused flooding over the bridge on Turkey Branch Dr. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Malbis | - | Portions of Hwy 181 impassable due to flooding. Cars stalled out. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Malbis | - | 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malbis | - | High winds downed numerous trees near CR 27. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malbis | - | High winds downed trees and power lines. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malbis | - | High winds estimated around 60 mph damaged a fence. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malbis | - | 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 2018 | Flash Flood | Malbis | - | Cars were stalled in high water over the road in the Malbis area. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Malbis | - | Public report of quarter size hail along Interstate 10 near Malbis. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Malbis | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yelling Settlement | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Bridgehead | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| Park City | 3.3 miles | 24 | |
| Belforest | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Spanish Fort | 3.6 miles | 24 | |
| Fort McDermott | 3.6 miles | 24 | |
| Ellisville | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Jackson Oak | 3.9 miles | 21 |
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 Malbis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6742121 | 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 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.









