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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.

Moores Bridge within Tuscaloosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

29 since 1995

Regional 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/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Arson/incendiarism120 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2020Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200807-5
30 August 1999Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 2007Smoking3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20200731-1
30 June 2012Arson/incendiarism11 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20120630-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscaloosa County

Storms near this place

13 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011Tornado (EF3)Moores Bridge$2,000,000The 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 2009Flash FloodMoores Bridge$25,000Heavy 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 1998HailMoores Bridge$3,000Golf ball size hail was at Mayfield, near Moores Bridge.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMoores Bridge$2,000A tree was downed and totally blocked Pine Lake Road at New River Road.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMoores Bridge$2,000A tree was blown down on Moccasin Branch Road.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindMoores Bridge$2,000Several trees were blown down near the Fayette County line, off Alabama Highway 171.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMoores Bridge-Trees and power lines were downed in the area of Parker Rd, with one tree on a home.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMoores Bridge-A few trees were blown down on Highway 171, near the Tuscaloosa and Fayette county line.
September 2011Flash FloodMoores 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 2011FloodMoores 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 2002Funnel CloudMoores Bridge-A funnel cloud was sighted by spotters near the Brownville Community.
March 2019HailMoores Bridge-no account filed
March 2010HailMoores Bridge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tuscaloosa 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
Brownville4.4 miles10
Montgomery Lakes5.7 miles16
Echola7.2 miles10
Shirley7.2 miles18
Samantha10.1 miles18
Searcy Farms10.1 miles18
Binion Heights10.3 miles18
New Lexington10.7 miles10

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 BridgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19987172The 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.