BlockBefore

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.

Mulberry within Autauga County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

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.

Ivey Creek Methodist Church, State Highway 14, Mulberry, Autauga County, AL
Ivey Creek Methodist Church, State Highway 14, Mulberry, Autauga County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

68 since 1994

Regional 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 burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
26 September 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2019Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190910-5
10 September 2005Debris and open burning14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190807-1
29 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140829-002
11 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Autauga County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Tyler PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Autauga County

Storms near this place

8 since 2001

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011Tornado (EF2)Mulberry$309,000A 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 2011Tornado (EF1)Mulberry$39,800A 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 2007Tornado (EF1)Mulberry$10,000The 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 2008Thunderstorm WindMulberry$2,000Several trees were blown down at the intersection of CR-15 and CR-1, in the southwestern portion of Autauga County.
January 2019Tornado (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 2019Tornado (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 2012Thunderstorm WindMulberry-A tree was blown down into roadway at Highway 14 W and County Road 9.
April 2001HailMulberry-Dime size hail was reported near Statesville or just west of Mulberry.

Every storm recorded in Autauga 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
Statesville3.0 miles12
Peace3.6 miles12
Winslow3.9 miles17
Kalmia (historical)4.0 miles12
Independence5.9 miles18
Evergreen6.5 miles17
Bonita6.5 miles17
Autaugaville6.7 miles12

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 Q65081109The 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.