Nebo, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the New Hope census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35760. It stands on Nebo Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Grant quadrangle.

Nebo within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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.

1888 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1936 USGS Grant quadrangle1:24000
1947 USGS Grant quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1950 USGS Grant quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

33 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Nebo between 1994 and 2017, burning about 449 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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	15
Arson/incendiarism	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
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
30 September 2016	Arson/incendiarism	4.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160930-7
14 September 1996	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
5 July 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 July 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	27 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	729 MILL ROAD, AL
17 May 1995	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
5 April 2006	Arson/incendiarism	40 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
3 April 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
13 April 1995	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Nebo: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Diamond Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
New Hope Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

54 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nebo in 54 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 27 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 flood. The reports record 3 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
January 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Nebo	3 hurt	A large tree was knocked down onto an ambulance, injuring 3 occupants. The injuries were thankfully minor. The event occurred on Balch Road just north of U.S. Highway 72.
March 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Nebo	$13,000	One power pole down across the roadway and 2 others damaged and leaning at this location.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Nebo	$8,000	Trees were blown down along Freedom Way near Madison.
March 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Nebo	$7,500	Four power poles were knocked down across the road at McCrary Road and Wall Triana Highway.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Nebo	$5,000	Numerous trees were downed and uprooted by thunderstorm winds throughout the city of Madison, primarily between 345 pm and 4 pm. A tent was blown over at a store causing apparent damage to the merchandise within the tent. Particularly hard hit were areas between County Line Road and Hughes Road, especially near Gooch Lane.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Nebo	$4,000	Four large trees were knocked down near the intersection of Capshaw Road and Sam Thomas Road in Harvest on Blanca Drive. The trees caused minor damage to a fence and home.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Nebo	$3,000	Trees were reported down on powerlines on NE McCrary road.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Nebo	$3,000	A power pole was blown down at the intersection of County Line Road and Highway 72.
October 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Nebo	$2,000	A tree was blown down on County Line Road between Highway 72 and Capshaw Road.
April 1997	Hail	Nebo	$2,000	Three-quarter inch hail covered the ground west of Nebo, in the extreme western part of the county.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Nebo	$1,500	Power lines were knocked down and blocked Wall Triana Highway between Highway 72 and Capshaw Road.
September 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Nebo	$1,000	Eight inch diameter tree limbs were downed by thunderstorm winds between Highway 72 and Capshaw road along Old Railroad Bed Road, between Harvest and Madison.
August 2011	Lightning	Nebo	$1,000	A female in her 30s was indirectly struck by lightning while on a corded telephone and attempting to disconnect power on a home computer during a prolific lightning storm. The person began feeling a tingling in her arm when lightning struck her through the telephone and knocked her to the ground. No apparent injuries were noted. The computer was also damaged by the lightning strike. During this enormous lightning storm, the Madison City school bus system brought students back to school to wait out the lightning storm.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Nebo	$1,000	A large tree was knocked down near the Magnolia Springs subdivision.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Nebo	$1,000	A tree was knocked down at the intersection of Balch Road and Bordeaux Lane. Time was estimated by radar.
April 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Nebo	$1,000	A Tree was heavily damaged at Bordeaux Lane.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Nebo	$500	Large tree limbs were knocked down on Capshaw Road.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Nebo	$100	One inch tree limbs were broken. Report relayed through mPing.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Nebo	$100	Large tree limbs were downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2025	Hail	Nebo	-	Hail with a diameter of 1 inch was reported via mPING.
May 2025	Hail	Nebo	-	Half dollar sized hail was reported at the Lowes on U.S. Highway 72.
May 2025	Hail	Nebo	-	Hail with a diameter of 1 inch was reported via mPING.
June 2023	Hail	Nebo	-	One inch diameter hail was reported via mPING.
June 2023	Hail	Nebo	-	Social media photo indicated hail larger than quarter sized.
June 2023	Hail	Nebo	-	Hail of 1.5 inches in diameter was reported via mPING.
June 2023	Hail	Nebo	-	A photo on social media relayed indicated quarter to half dollar sized hail off of Capshaw Road. Location estimated by radar.
June 2023	Hail	Nebo	-	A social media photo indicated quarter sized hail on Balch Road. Location and time estimated by radar.
June 2023	Hail	Nebo	-	Ping pong ball sized hail was reported along Wall Triana Highway. Location estimated by radar.
June 2023	Hail	Nebo	-	One inch diameter hail was reported from mPING.
July 2023	Hail	Nebo	-	Hail up to quarter sized was reported off of Pine Grove Road west of Wall Triana.
July 2023	Hail	Nebo	-	Penny sized hail was reported near the intersection of Dustin Lane and Oakway Circle.
August 2022	Hail	Nebo	-	Reports of quarter size hail near Madison.
August 2022	Hail	Nebo	-	Reports of quarter size hail near Madison.
April 2021	Hail	Nebo	-	Hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter was reported.
April 2021	Hail	Nebo	-	Multiple reports of large hail in Madison.
April 2021	Hail	Nebo	-	NWS reports hail in Madison city.
April 2021	Hail	Nebo	-	Multiple reports of large hail in Madison.
April 2021	Hail	Nebo	-	Multiple reports of large hail in Madison.
April 2021	Hail	Nebo	-	Multiple reports of large hail in Madison.
February 2019	Flood	Nebo	-	Flooding occurring near Sanderson and Capshaw Roads. Several inches to a foot of water is flowing over the road.
December 2019	Hail	Nebo	-	Hail up to the size of half-dollars was reported via mPING.
April 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Nebo	-	Trees were knocked down, windows were blown out of one home, and several homes were damaged. This damage occurred along Sam Thomas Road and in the Magnolia Springs subdivision.
December 2015	Flood	Nebo	-	Knox Creek flowing over US HWY 72 near Madison Hospital in Madison. Relayed from social media.
December 2015	Flash Flood	Nebo	-	Knox Creek flowing over US HWY 72 near Madison Hospital in Madison. Relayed from social media.
January 2012	Flash Flood	Nebo	-	Flash flooding was reported along Old Railroad Bed Road.
April 2011	Hail	Nebo	-	Golf ball sized hail was reported.
April 2011	Tornado (EF1)	Nebo	-	It continued to move to the east-northeast into Madison county and across the Magnolia Springs neighborhood Additional roof and shingle damage was observed along this portion of the track. The most intense damage occurred just east of Vine Cliff Drive, along Water Oak Court, where numerous large trees were snapped at their base. This tornado continued to track to the east-northeast snapping trees and producing some light shingle and gutter damage. The tornado dissipated near Nichols Spring Branch.
March 2011	Flash Flood	Nebo	-	Flash flooding was reported on the westbound lanes of Capshaw Road.
June 2010	Flash Flood	Nebo	-	Six inches of water was reported covering Harbin road near High Green Drive in Monrovia. The westbound lane was reported impassible near this intersection.
April 2009	Hail	Nebo	-	Hen egg size hail was reported in the Ashley Green subdivision.
April 2009	Hail	Nebo	-	Hail up to the size of baseballs was reported in Madison.
April 2009	Hail	Nebo	-	Hail up to baseball size was reported at the intersection of HWY 72 and County Line Road.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Nebo	-	Trees were blown down at the intersection of Balch and Gooch Lane.
April 1998	Hail	Nebo	-	Dime size hail was reported in Nebo.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Butler Mill	2.5 miles	23
Poplar Ridge	2.7 miles	23
Cedar Point	3.1 miles	23
New Hope	3.3 miles	22
Lowe (historical)	4.6 miles	22
Oak Grove	6.0 miles	22
Johnson	6.1 miles	22
Owens Cross Roads	6.8 miles	22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156769. 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.