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Oden Ridge, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Eva census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35622. It lies near Gandy Cove. The Survey maps it on the Eva quadrangle.

Oden Ridge within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

60 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Oden Ridge between 1993 and 2019, burning about 816 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 24 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/incendiarism24
Debris and open burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
20 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2018Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180915-4
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission260 WATER TOWER ROAD, AL
17 August 2000Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160704-18
27 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSOUTH OF HOLMES ROAD, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

15 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oden Ridge in 15 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2022Tornado (EF1)Oden Ridge$15,000A tornado touched down on the south side of Wilson Mountain Rd just south of the intersection with Key Turney Rd in Falkville, AL. The tornado snapped a couple of hardwood trees and did minor roof damage to a mobile home near its touchdown point. The tornado crossed Wilson Mountain Rd, heading generally in a NE direction and snapped and uprooted trees along its path. One of these hardwood trees fell on a shed at a residence on the north side of Wilson Mountain Rd. A few snapped and uprooted trees were observed along its path as it descended into Devils Cellar Hollow. A couple of large trees were also uprooted to the NE of there along a small section of Jewel Lesalle Ln. This was the last point damage was evident as the tornado moved into rugged, nearly inaccessible terrain. Special thanks to Morgan County, AL EMA for their assistance in this survey.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindOden Ridge$6,000Trees were blown down in and near the 600 block of Wilson Mountain Road in the Oden Ridge community.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindOden Ridge$4,000Powerlines and trees were knocked down near the 500 block of Wilson Mountain Road at Lindsey Drive.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindOden Ridge$2,000A tree and power line were knocked down at 530 J Lasalle Lane.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindOden Ridge$2,000A tree was blown down along Gandy's Cove Road west of Oden Ridge.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindOden Ridge$1,500A tree limb and power line were knocked down at 110 G Hudgins Drive.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindOden Ridge$1,000Two large branches were knocked down into the roadway at the intersection of South Cedar Cove Road and Mt. Zion Road.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindOden Ridge$1,000A tree was knocked down at the intersection of Wilson Mountain Road and Gandys Cove Road.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindOden Ridge$1,000A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds along Greasy Cove road in the Rock Creek area.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindOden Ridge$200A tree was knocked down onto the road.
February 2025Flash FloodOden Ridge-Flash flooding reported on Six Mile Creek Road near Florette. Depth of water at least 4-6 inches at this time.
May 2025HailOden Ridge-Three quarter of an inch in diameter fell just north of Eva.
April 2019HailOden Ridge-Hail up to the size of quarters was reported in Oden Ridge.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindOden Ridge-Trees were knocked down blocking the road on Six Mile Creek Road. Time estimated by radar.
May 2010HailOden Ridge-Nickel sized hail was reported at a local gas station.

Every storm recorded in Morgan County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Eva2.9 miles17
Six Mile3.5 miles20
Union Hill3.5 miles17
Cole Spring4.0 miles17
Center Dale4.2 miles18
Stringer4.3 miles20
Florette4.3 miles20
Lynntown4.9 miles20

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.

Wikidata item Q122597487The 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 124179. 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.