Nixburg, Alabama
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Rockford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36026. The Survey maps it on the Equality quadrangle. 329 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 725 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1901 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Equality quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
84 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Nixburg between 1994 and 2020, burning about 654 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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 | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180922-9 |
| 22 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180922-8 |
| 19 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2010 | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nixburg: 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coosa Gibbsite Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect | 1960 | |
| USGS MR-60 Alabama No.4 Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nixburg in 5 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 3 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Hail | Nixburg | $20,000 | Hail up to the size of golf balls fell in the Nixburg community. A few vehicles suffered significant hail damage, and a few homes suffered roof damage from the hail. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nixburg | $3,000 | no account filed |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nixburg | - | Trees were downed along County Road 18 near County Road 14 and County Road 63 at Highway 9. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Nixburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Nixburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottage Grove | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Equality | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Hissop | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Pinthlocco (historical) | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Fishpond | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Ray | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Jon | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Pentonville | 6.2 miles | 14 |
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 Nixburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18157895 | 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 156795. 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.







