Mud Creek, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the North Johns census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35006. It stands on Big Branch. The Survey maps it on the Oak Grove quadrangle.

Mud Creek within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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.

1899 USGS Brookwood quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1927 USGS Adger quadrangle1:48000
1932 USGS Yolande quadrangle1:62500
1935 USGS Yolande quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1975 USGS Yolande NW quadrangle1:24000
1980 USGS Oak Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

245 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 245 fires within 5 miles of Mud Creek between 1994 and 2020, burning about 6,287 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 110 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	110
Debris and open burning	82
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	35
Smoking	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Natural	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Other causes	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	40 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160908-14
8 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1997	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

4 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mud Creek in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Mud Creek	-	In addition to an EF-0 tornado that was confirmed in the area, sporadic wind damage as a result of a surge of straight-line winds was observed elsewhere along Lock 17 Rd and Groundhog Rd from near the Providence community to just south of the Groundhog Rd and Mud Creek Rd intersection in the Mud Creek community. The most extensive area of non-tornadic damage was observed to be along Mud Creek Rd south of Groundhog Rd, where several trees were uprooted, minor roof damage occurred to two homes and a small outbuilding, and power poles were broken with lines in the road, causing a portion of the roadway to be closed much of the day following the storm. Winds were estimated at 75 mph here. Very minor, sporadic tree damage was observed in the Adger and North Johns areas, mainly limbs down.
March 2021	Tornado (EF0)	Mud Creek	-	National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southwest Jefferson County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 80 mph. This tornado began in Tuscaloosa County and crossed into Jefferson County near Ethridge Road. Damage consisted of a few uprooted trees. The tornado dissipated soon after it moved into Jefferson County.
February 2020	Flash Flood	Mud Creek	-	Numerous roads flooded and impassable across southern Jefferson County.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Mud Creek	-	A large pine tree snapped.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Ezra	3.1 miles	20
Oak Grove	3.6 miles	20
North Johns	3.7 miles	20
Sumter	3.7 miles	19
Johns	3.8 miles	20
Adger	3.8 miles	20
Valley Creek	4.6 miles	20
Weller	4.7 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 144414. 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.