Mulberry, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Autaugaville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36003. The Survey maps it on the Durant Bend quadrangle.
On record in Mulberry
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Ivey Creek Methodist Church, State Highway 14, Mulberryfederal building survey, 3 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Benton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Benton NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Durant Bend quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Montgomery 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
68 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Mulberry between 1994 and 2020, burning about 389 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190910-5 |
| 10 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190807-1 |
| 29 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20140829-002 |
| 11 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mulberry: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mulberry in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2019: 5 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 (EF2) | Mulberry | $309,000 | A tornado initially touched down in Dallas County, near the intersection of Dallas County Roads 461 and 460. It moved northeast where it crossed the Alabama River and moved into Autauga County. As the tornado crossed Autauga County Road 1, it lifted. In Autauga County, hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted. Several structures sustained damage as well. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Mulberry | $39,800 | A tornado touched down near the Alabama River in Autauga County. The tornado then moved northeastward and crossed County Road 1. Hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted along the path. The tornado lifted near County Road 9. |
| February 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Mulberry | $10,000 | The tornado touched down briefly central Autauga County, about 5 miles west of Autaugaville, near the intersection of State Highway 14 and County Road 33. Several trees were snapped off and uprooted. The roof of a carport was lifted off and thrown into the front yard of another residence, and a tractor shed in the same area had sheet metal blown off its roof. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down at the intersection of CR-15 and CR-1, in the southwestern portion of Autauga County. |
| January 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Mulberry | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southwest Autauga County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 70 mph. This tornado was a continuation from Dallas County where it crossed the Alabama River. The tornado was in a weakening phase once it moved into Autauga County and only produced minor tree damage. The tornado lifted near County Road 1. |
| March 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Mulberry | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southwest Autauga County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 75 mph. A brief tornado touched down just to the west of County Road 33 northwest of Autaugaville. It traveled northeast paralleling County Road 33 for a short distance before lifting. Only tree damage was observed along the path with several trees uprooted and some large limbs broken. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | - | A tree was blown down into roadway at Highway 14 W and County Road 9. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Mulberry | - | Dime size hail was reported near Statesville or just west of Mulberry. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statesville | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Peace | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Winslow | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Kalmia (historical) | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Independence | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Evergreen | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Bonita | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Autaugaville | 6.7 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q65081109 | 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 156759. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.






