Midway, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Midway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36053. The Survey maps it on the Midway quadrangle. 421 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 538 feet above sea level.
On record in Midway
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 1 record
Merritt Schoollisted 1998
Population over time
2 figuresMidway fell from 499 to 421 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 | 499 | |
| 2020 | 421 | -78 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Midway quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
85 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,748 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 26 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 | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160930-9 |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190922-17 |
| 16 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.6 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190916-19 |
| 12 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Midway in 10 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | $125,000 | A microburst caused significant damage to The Triple M Quail Farm on CR 14. The wind destroyed three quail houses and damaged another. One tractor sustained damage when the roof of a building landed on it. 8500 quail were killed. The time was estimated. |
| December 2009 | Flash Flood | Midway | $10,000 | An estimated 3 to 4 inches of rain in a short time lead to flash flooding of several roads in the southeastern portion of Bullock County, some of which became impassable due to the high water. |
| January 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | $6,000 | Trees were blown down and blocking roadways near Midway. One mobile home suffered roof damage. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | $5,000 | Several trees and powerlines were reported down along Hwy 82, southeast of Midway. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | $2,000 | A few trees were blown down on CR 47 near Midway. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | Multiple trees uprooted in Midway. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | Several trees uprooted in the town of Midway. |
| December 2005 | Hail | Midway | - | Penny size hail was observed in Midway and in the Great Hope community. |
| January 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Midway | - | A weak tornado briefly touched down near Midway. Several trees were blown down. No injuries were reported. |
| January 2000 | Hail | Midway | - | Nickel size hail was reported on Pine Grove Road near Midway Station. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Notch | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Pine Grove | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Enon | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Ox Level | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Peachburg | 8.1 miles | 9 | |
| Chunnenuggee | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Aberfoil | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pickett | 8.8 miles | 7 |
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 Midway | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q68378 | 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 122703. 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.
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.




