Marbury, Alabama
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Marbury census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36051. The Survey maps it on the Marbury quadrangle. 1,427 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 522 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMarbury grew from 1,418 to 1,427 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 | 1,418 | |
| 2020 | 1,427 | +9 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1901 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Elmore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Marbury quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
304 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 304 fires within 5 miles of Marbury between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,642 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 47 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 | 121 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 81 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20140906-001 |
| 5 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Marbury: 15 unknowns, 7 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Graphite, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bama Or Flaketown Mine | Graphite, Mica | Past Producer | Graphite, Muscovite, Roscoelite | |
| Bama Graphite Mine | Graphite | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gold Placer Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| William Howard Property | Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Bama Pit | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Booth | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Boyd Pit | Iron | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Boyd Pit | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Davis Pit | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Dean Pit | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
14 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marbury in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marbury | $75,000 | Based on the pattern of damage, and reports from witnesses, the damage near the Marbury community in northeastern Autauga County was assessed as being caused by straight line winds. The damage area begins near the intersection of County Roads 68 and 69, just west of Interstate 65, and continues in a fan-shaped pattern eastward about 1.5 miles across US Highway 31. The damage area was about 400 yards wide, at its widest point.A total of 5 homes, 2 travel trailers, 1 barn, and one vehicle sustained damage. Also, powerlines were down across the entire damage area. There were no injuries reported. Based on witness accounts and radar signatures, the damage occurred around 2 AM Monday morning. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Marbury | $60,000 | Golf ball size hail fell across extreme northeast Autauga County. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marbury | $25,000 | A rotten tree fell onto a home as the result of thunderstorm outflow. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Marbury | $20,000 | Hail up to the size of softballs fell across extreme northeast Autauga County near Marbury. |
| May 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Marbury | $10,000 | The weak tornado touched down briefly just south of CR-20 and traveled to the northwest for about a third of a mile before it lifted. Damage along the path included 4 hardwood trees uprooted and 1 softwood tree snapped, and minor roof damage to an outbuilding. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marbury | $7,000 | A roof was torn off a pre-fab building in the northeast part of the county. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marbury | $3,000 | Trees down along US highway 31 and CR 68 near Marbury. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marbury | $2,000 | A few trees and power lines were blown down around the Marbury area, some of which blocked roadways. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marbury | $1,000 | Windows were broken out of a house. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marbury | $1,000 | A few trees were knocked down near Marbury. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marbury | - | Several trees uprooted along I-65 at mile marker 197. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marbury | - | A few trees uprooted along County Road 20. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Marbury | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Marbury | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pyron | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Wadsworth | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Rollins | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Flat | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| New Prospect | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Wilder Hill (historical) | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Oak Grove | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| White City | 7.7 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 Marbury | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1285382 | 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 152222. 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.








