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Munford, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Munford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36268. The Survey maps it on the Munford quadrangle. 1,351 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 640 feet above sea level.

Munford within Talladega County

On record in Munford

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

Population over time

2 figures

Munford grew from 1,292 to 1,351 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,292
20201,351+59 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

232 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 232 fires within 5 miles of Munford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,948 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 64 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 burning100
Arson/incendiarism64
Recreation and ceremony24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160908-5
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150908-001
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Munford: 6 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite. 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
Giles Myric MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Glencoe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Camp Ore BedsIronPast ProducerResidual
Jenifer AreaIronPast ProducerResidual
Jenifer Iron Ore MinesIronPast Producer1850, 1943
John Bruce'sIronPast ProducerResidual
Uncertain, Ironaton DistrictIronPast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Talladega County

Storms near this place

24 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Munford in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 13 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMunford$15,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in the town of Munford. One mobile home was damaged on Ledbetter Road. Several roadways were temporarily blocked by fallen trees. Pea size hail was reported with this storm. Alabama Power estimated that 1200 customers were temporarily without power following the storm.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Munford$15,000An F1 tornado began just west of SR 21 west-southwest of Munford and traveled on an easterly path taking it across SR 21 just north of Curry. The tornado traveled an additional 3 miles or so ending just inside the Talladega National Forest. The tornado downed numerous trees and power lines. At least one house was destroyed and several were damaged.Beg: 33 30.738/86 01.186 End: 33 30.796/85 56.468
June 2006Thunderstorm WindMunford$5,000Two trees were snapped off, and one tree was uprooted, on AL-21 on the north end of Munford.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMunford$5,000A tree was blown down onto a house and car.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMunford$2,000Trees were blown down along Garrison Lane and Oak Grove Lane, southwest of Munford.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMunford$2,000Several trees were blown down in Munford.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindMunford$1,000Trees were blown down in Munford.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindMunford-Trees fell across Ledbetter Rd and Priebes Mill Rd.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMunford-Trees were downed in the Munford area.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMunford-Multiple trees uprooted in Munford along Cedars Road and Fox Chase Lane.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMunford-Numerous trees were uprooted in the Lincoln and Munford areas, including along Spring Hill Road, Cole Road, Ledbetter Road, Richeytown Road, and Priebes Mill Road.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindMunford-Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in the city of Munford.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMunford-Numerous trees uprooted in the Munford community and across the northern part of Talladega County.
April 2017HailMunford-Several vehicle windows broken out.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindMunford-The roof was removed off of a residence on McElderry Road. A tree also fell on a house on Mitchell Street.
May 2003HailMunford-Quarter size hail fell in and around the city of Munford.
May 2003HailMunford-Penny size hail was observed in Munford.
April 2001HailMunford-Dime size hail was observed in Munford.
April 1994HailMunford-Three-quarter inch hail was reported near Munford.
March 2018HailMunford-no account filed
June 2009HailMunford-no account filed
May 2008HailMunford-no account filed
June 2008HailMunford-no account filed
April 2006HailMunford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Talladega 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
Grant Town0.8 miles21
Jenifer1.5 miles21
Hall Grove1.9 miles21
Bethlehem1.9 miles21
Richeytown2.7 miles21
McElderry3.1 miles14
Hopeful3.2 miles14
Sweet Home3.2 miles21

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 MunfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65814The 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 160206. 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.