Moores Bridge, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Elrod-Moores Bridge-Echola census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35458. The Survey maps it on the Brownville quadrangle. It stands 285 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Brownville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Moores Bridge between 1995 and 2020, burning about 501 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200807-5 |
| 30 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 2007 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200731-1 |
| 30 June 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20120630-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moores Bridge in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF3) | Moores Bridge | $2,000,000 | The second segment of this long track tornado crossed into Tuscaloosa County south of Pleasant Ridge Church Rd. This tornado began in Pickens County, 5 miles northeast of Pickensville, and tracked northeastward into Tuscaloosa County. It continued through portions of Fayette, Walker, Cullman (See Storm Data for Huntsville), and Blount Counties, before it dissipated in Marshall (See Storm Data for Huntsville) County. While the average path width of this tornado in this portion of Tuscaloosa County was around 0.5 mile (880 yds), the maximum path width maximum was 0.8 mile (1408 yds), which occurred along AL Hwy 171. The tornado strengthened as it entered west Tuscaloosa County to an EF3 rating with winds of 140 mph. It produced significant tree damage along AL Hwy 171. Trees were debarked with only bare large limbs left. Other trees at this location were snapped. The tornado moved northeast weakening to an EF0 rating, but continued to produce tree damage across northwest Tuscaloosa County. The tornado moved into southeast Fayette county 0.5 mile east of Fayette Rd. |
| January 2009 | Flash Flood | Moores Bridge | $25,000 | Heavy rainfall produced flooding at several locations across the northern half of Tuscaloosa County. Binion Creek overflowed its banks, causing a section of Old Fayette Road to become closed. At least a dozen other roads were closed due to flood waters. |
| March 1998 | Hail | Moores Bridge | $3,000 | Golf ball size hail was at Mayfield, near Moores Bridge. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moores Bridge | $2,000 | A tree was downed and totally blocked Pine Lake Road at New River Road. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moores Bridge | $2,000 | A tree was blown down on Moccasin Branch Road. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moores Bridge | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down near the Fayette County line, off Alabama Highway 171. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moores Bridge | - | Trees and power lines were downed in the area of Parker Rd, with one tree on a home. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moores Bridge | - | A few trees were blown down on Highway 171, near the Tuscaloosa and Fayette county line. |
| September 2011 | Flash Flood | Moores Bridge | - | Heavy rainfall associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee resulted in flash flooding across much of Tuscaloosa county and road closures, including numerous roads in the city of Tuscaloosa. |
| September 2011 | Flood | Moores Bridge | - | Heavy rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee led to widespread flash flooding and numerous road closures across Tuscaloosa county. Flood waters remained high and roads closed until Wednesday morning, September 7. |
| November 2002 | Funnel Cloud | Moores Bridge | - | A funnel cloud was sighted by spotters near the Brownville Community. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Moores Bridge | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Hail | Moores Bridge | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownville | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Montgomery Lakes | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Echola | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Shirley | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Samantha | 10.1 miles | 18 | |
| Searcy Farms | 10.1 miles | 18 | |
| Binion Heights | 10.3 miles | 18 | |
| New Lexington | 10.7 miles | 10 |
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 Moores Bridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19987172 | 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 158874. 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.




