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Point Clear, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Fairhope census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36532. It stands on Bailey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Point Clear quadrangle. 2,076 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 10 feet above sea level.

Point Clear within Baldwin County

On record in Point Clear

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

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Point Clear fell from 2,125 to 2,076 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,125
20202,076-49 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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.

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.

Battle House, U.S. Highway 98 (State Highway 42), Point Clear, Baldwin County, AL
Battle House, U.S. Highway 98 (State Highway 42), Point Clear, Baldwin County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

39 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Point Clear between 1995 and 2018, burning about 256 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 burning22
Arson/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony2
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
5 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20180807-3
4 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160804-2
31 July 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20140801-002
19 July 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 July 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 June 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Point Clear: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerClay, Quartz

Every working recorded in Baldwin County

Storms near this place

11 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Point Clear in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 3 tornado, 3 waterspout, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
August 2022LightningPoint Clear$20,000Lightning struck a house and caused damage.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindPoint Clear$5,000Severe thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees along Wood Acres Road.
October 2022Tornado (EF0)Point Clear-A very brief EF0 tornado with peak winds of around 85mph touched|down off of Scenic Highway 98 by James Lowe Lane in southwestern|Baldwin County. The tornado uprooted a hardwood tree, shifted a|wooden carport off its holding blocks, and shifted a loaded|trailer approximately 20 feet from its resting position at this|location. Damage was confirmed to be from a tornado thanks to|video by local residents. Sporadic wind damage was observed in|the surrounding area, and it is possible the tornado began before|this point and continued further north, but limited access to|roads made it difficult to assess.
March 2022Tornado (EF0)Point Clear-A brief EF0 tornado began near Grass Road and tracked northeast, crossing Calloway|Drive. The tornado lifted by the time it reached Provencher Road just south of|County Road 32. The tornado produced sporadic pine tree damage along its path.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindPoint Clear-High winds downed power poles near the intersection of CR 13 and CR 32.
March 2014FloodPoint Clear-Heavy rain caused flooding west of the intersection CR 32 and Hwy 181.
September 2002Flash FloodPoint Clear-Heavy rains caused temporary street flooding around Point Clear. Several roads in the area became impassable and had to be closed for about half an hour. The water quickly drained when the rain stopped.
August 2001WaterspoutPoint Clear-A large waterspout was observed over Mobile Bay, just west of Point Clear. The spout dissipated over the bay.
June 2000WaterspoutPoint Clear-A waterspout was observed over the bay, west of Point Clear. The waterspout dissipated over the water.
July 1999Tornado (F0)Point Clear-A waterspout moved ashore near Point Clear and quickly dissipated over land. No damage was found.
July 1999WaterspoutPoint Clear-A waterspout was observed over Mobile Bay just offshore of Point Clear. The waterspout moved ashore near Point Clear and quickly dissipated causing no damage.

Every storm recorded in Baldwin 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
Battles Wharf1.5 miles18
Loyola Villa1.9 miles21
Houstonville2.2 miles21
Magnolia Beach2.9 miles21
Fairhope3.5 miles21
Barnwell4.0 miles18
Volanta4.2 miles21
Seacliff5.0 miles21

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 Point ClearAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1268758The 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 155211. 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.