New Site, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the New Site census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36256. It stands on Poe Branch. The Survey maps it on the New Site quadrangle. 773 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 886 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNew Site grew from 773 to 773 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 | 773 | |
| 2020 | 773 | 0 (0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1891 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS New Site quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
220 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 220 fires within 5 miles of New Site between 1994 and 2019, burning about 3,103 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 85 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 | 90 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 85 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160925-3 |
| 24 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 39 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of New Site: 9 occurrences, 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Titanium, Iron, Manganese, Sulfides. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Pits | Gold, Sulfides | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrite | |
| Lowe Mine | Gold, Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1932, 1933 | |
| Herzfield Prospect | Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Robert Russell Prospect | Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Birdsong Pits | Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Croft Pits | Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Early Pits Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Germany Pits Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Goldville District | Gold | Past Producer | 1842 | |
| Goldville Pits Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | Gold |
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Site in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Site | $15,000 | Thunderstorm wind that sounded like a freight train according to witnesses caused some property damage in the Simpson community just northeast of New Site in northeast Tallapoosa County. Trees were blown down, a roof was taken off a barn, antennas were downed, shingles were taken off several roofs, and one porch was damaged. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethleham (historical) | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| Harmony (historical) | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Perryville | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Cowpens | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Zana (historical) | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Hamlet (historical) | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Goldville | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Zana | 3.3 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 Site | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q67514 | 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 155177. 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.





