Newbern, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Newbern census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36765. The Survey maps it on the Newbern quadrangle. 133 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 187 feet above sea level.
On record in Newbern
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Augusta Sledge Houselisted 1994
Surveyed buildings and structures 4 records
- Baptist Church, State Route 61, Newbernfederal building survey, 3 photographs
- Chantilly, 7886 Alabama Highway 61, Newbernfederal building survey, 14 photographs
- Presbyterian Church, State Route 61, Newbernfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Walthall House, State Route 61, Newbernfederal building survey, 7 photographs
Population over time
4 figuresNewbern fell from 454 to 133 between 1880 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 454 | |
| 2000 | 231 | |
| 2010 | 186 | -45 (-19%) |
| 2020 | 133 | -53 (-28%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Newbern quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
81 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Newbern between 1994 and 2020, burning about 508 acres in total. 2 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 | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140930-001 |
| 30 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150925-002 |
| 18 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newbern in 10 storm reports between 2000 and 2019: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Newbern | $75,000 | A brief tornado touched down along CR-10 west of AL-61, which is south southwest of Newbern in the Sunshine Community. The roof and metal siding was completely taken off one barn, and partially off another. Another cinder block building on the farm sustained roof damage. A few trees were blown down along the short path. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Newbern | $4,000 | Hail up to the size of golf balls fell across southern Hale County. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newbern | - | A few trees uprooted south of the town of Newbern. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newbern | - | Several trees uprooted in the town of Newbern. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newbern | - | Several trees uprooted along County Road 10. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Newbern | - | Penny size hail fell across extreme southeast Hale County near the Marengo and Perry county lines. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Newbern | - | no account filed |
| February 2009 | Hail | Newbern | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Hail | Newbern | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Newbern | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Whitsitt | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Rosemary | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Laneville | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Cedarville | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Casemore | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Grove | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Greensboro | 8.4 miles | 9 |
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 Newbern | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q66780 | 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 152687. 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.
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.





