Notasulga, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Notasulga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36866. It stands on Town Creek. The Survey maps it on the Notasulga quadrangle. 914 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,680 feet above sea level.
On record in Notasulga
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 3 records
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church and Rosenwald Schoollisted 2010- Macon County High Schoollisted 2020
- Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Cemeterylisted 2016
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Le Sueur's Mill, Ropes Creek, Notasulgafederal building survey, 2 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresNotasulga fell from 965 to 914 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 | 965 | |
| 2020 | 914 | -51 (-5%) |
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.
- 1906 USGS Dadeville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Notasulga quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
60 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Notasulga between 1995 and 2019, burning about 1,147 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 54 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160911-5 |
| 10 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 July 1995 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Notasulga: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac 1 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
22 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Notasulga in 22 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Notasulga | $500,000 | A tornado touched down in northeast Macon County south of Notasulga, east of County Road 81, along County Road 59. The tornado moved to the northeast, causing extensive tree damage. Approximately a dozen mobile homes sustained damage along County Road 54, before the tornado crossed into Lee County, south of Hunter Road. |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Notasulga | $200,000 | The tornado that touched down near Liberty City in Tallapoosa County crossed into Macon County, and continued to travel southeast, staying just southwest of the Lee County line for most of its path. In Macon County, thousands of trees were either snapped off or uprooted along the damage path. A few mobile homes suffered varying degrees of damage, and one mobile home was knocked off its foundation. Several barns had their roofs partially removed, and several other structures suffered varying degrees of roof damage. Several homes and vehicles had windows broken out. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Notasulga | $85,000 | The supercell continued producing very large hail in a swath that covered the northern part of Macon County. Hail up to baseball size fell near Notasulga. Numerous automobiles and homes were damaged. A few trees were also blown down along the path. |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Notasulga | $20,000 | A roof was blown off an office building. Several trees were blown down along Highway 14. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Notasulga | $18,000 | A vacant mobile was destroyed and several power lines were damaged along SR 199 near Notasulga. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Notasulga | $2,000 | Trees were blown down in and around the city of Notasulga. |
| March 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Notasulga | $2,000 | A grocery store sustained minor damage when its front awning was torn off by wind gusts. Several trees were knocked down around the county. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Notasulga | $1,000 | Quarter size hail was reported in and near Notasulga in northern Macon County. |
| February 2024 | Flash Flood | Notasulga | - | Numerous county roadways were flooded and impassable after several inches of rainfall overnight. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Notasulga | - | Measured wind gust of 68 MPH gust reported by a home weather station in the town of Notasulga. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Notasulga | - | Large oak tree snapped and two power poles snapped in front of Notasulga High School. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Notasulga | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in the town of Notasulga. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Notasulga | - | Several trees uprooted near County Road 39 and Highway 14. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Notasulga | - | Heavy rainfall led to flash flooding and washed out a section of County Road 59. Seven to eight bridges have washed out. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Notasulga | - | A few trees were uprooted near the intersection of County Road 54 and County Road 37. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Notasulga | - | Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported on AL-14, near Connection Road just west of Notasulga. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Notasulga | - | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Hail | Notasulga | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Notasulga | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Notasulga | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Notasulga | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Notasulga | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broach Mill | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Woodland | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Golddust | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Chehaw | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Clough | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Alliance | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Franklin | 8.9 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 Notasulga | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q68131 | 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 152715. 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.





