New Brockton, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Enterprise census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36351. The Survey maps it on the New Brockton quadrangle. 1,428 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 459 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNew Brockton grew from 1,146 to 1,428 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,146 | |
| 2020 | 1,428 | +282 (+25%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1942 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:125000
- 1950 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS New Brockton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
64 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of New Brockton between 1994 and 2017, burning about 397 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 11367 HWY 84, AL |
| 30 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140703-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of New Brockton: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cof 3 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Chinca-Pine Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Eley Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
17 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Brockton in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Lightning | New Brockton | 1 hurt | A woman was struck by lightning that entered the home through a computer on which she was working during the storm. She felt a tibgling sensation on her right side and EMS personnel responded to the scene. |
| September 1998 | Tornado (F1) | New Brockton | $500,000 | An F1 tornado descended near CR 732 in New Brockton damaging several chicken houses, roads, ditches, and drainage systems. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Brockton | $50,000 | Several newly constructed walls at a high school collapsed. Reported by the Coffee County EMA. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Brockton | $30,000 | A tree blew down onto a car with wind damage to a sports complex and multiple reports of trees down in the area. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Brockton | $15,000 | Numerous trees and power lines down in and around New Brockton. Some minor damage to a few structures. |
| January 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Brockton | $15,000 | Several downed pine trees and a barn roof damaged on County Rd 543 just south of New Brockton reported by the Coffee County EM. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Brockton | $5,000 | Barns were damaged near the intersection of County Road 533 and County Road 537. |
| October 2017 | Flash Flood | New Brockton | $5,000 | County Road 533 was impassible for a time due to a washout. |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | New Brockton | $5,000 | Tornado downed trees and power lines at intersection of State Highways 233 and 167 near New Brockton. A funnel cloud was sighted earlier near Elba. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Brockton | $2,000 | Three trees were blown down around New Brockton. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Brockton | $1,000 | Police department in New Brockton reported trees and power lines down. Sheriff's office reported several large trees down across roads near Enterprise. |
| March 2022 | Flash Flood | New Brockton | - | County Road 533 near County Road 537 was flooded. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Brockton | - | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Brockton | - | A tree was blown down onto County Road 533. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Brockton | - | A tree was blown down on South Tyler Street. |
| January 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Brockton | - | A few trees and tree limbs down. Time and wind speed estimated. |
| April 2005 | Hail | New Brockton | - | The Coffee County EMA reported nickel size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richburg | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Clintonville | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Gateway Estates | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Shell Heights | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Willow Bend | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Ridge | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Boland Acres | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Fairfield Estates | 4.9 miles | 11 |
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 New Brockton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q66541 | 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 152611. 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.






