Morris, Alabama
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Kimberly-Morris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35116. It stands on Cunningham Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gardendale quadrangle. 2,259 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 417 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMorris grew from 1,859 to 2,259 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 | 1,859 | |
| 2020 | 2,259 | +400 (+22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 27 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.
- 1889 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1904 USGS Birmingham Coal District quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Birmingham Coal District quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1906 USGS Birmingham Special quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gardendale quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Gardendale quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
138 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Morris between 1994 and 2019, burning about 997 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 43 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 | 54 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190930-2 |
| 30 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morris in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Morris | 4 hurt | The tornado touched down near Interstate 65, about one-half mile south of Sardis Road. The tornado moved to the northeast and crossed Interstate 65, where it snapped and uprooted hundreds of trees along the path. As the tornado continued to the northeast, it strengthened to winds of 100 mph. The tornado moved into the city limits of Kimberly where several structures were damaged. A vacant large retail building had its roof removed. The most extensive damage occurred to the Kimberly Church of God where uplift of most of the roof structure resulted in exterior wall collapse. The tornado crossed Stouts Road where the Kimberly Fire Department sustained major damage.The tornado continued to snap dozens of trees as it moved northeast and several homes had shingle damage. As the tornado crossed Bradford Trafford Road, multiple trees were uprooted with one falling on a home causing major roof damage. The tornado continued northward into Blount County. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | $30,000 | Several trees and highway signs blown down, a large billboard platform was demolished, and a car was blown off the road with no injuries. This activity occurred on I-65 at exit 260, two miles north of Morris. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | $25,000 | Hail fell for about 15 minutes in the Eastwood Mall area of Birmingham with hail size ranging from pea-size to three-quarter inch. Thunderstorm wind downed trees and damaged several mobile homes in the Morris area. Hail around dime-size was reported, also. |
| June 1996 | Hail | Morris | $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | $1,000 | Trees and power lines were downed in the Morris area. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | $1,000 | Tree limbs and branches were blown down in Morris and Kimberly. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Morris | - | Penny to quarter-size hail was reported in the Morris area. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Morris | - | Half dollar size hail reported in Morris. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | - | Several trees uprooted near the intersection of Sardis Road and Old Sardis Road. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Morris | - | Hail fell for about 15 minutes in the Eastwood Mall area of Birmingham with hail size ranging from pea-size to three-quarter inch. Thunderstorm wind downed trees and damaged several mobile homes in the Morris area. Hail around dime-size was reported, also. |
| February 2011 | Hail | Morris | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Morris | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Morris | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Haven | 1.3 miles | 26 | |
| Kimberly | 1.8 miles | 26 | |
| Majestic | 2.5 miles | 27 | |
| Columbus | 3.0 miles | 26 | |
| Monmouth | 3.3 miles | 28 | |
| Seloca | 3.6 miles | 26 | |
| Cherokee Estates | 3.8 miles | 26 | |
| Parker Hudson Estates | 3.8 miles | 26 |
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 Morris | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q66440 | 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 123071. 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.












