Pollard, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Brewton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36441. It stands on Bay Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pollard quadrangle. 128 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 62 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPollard fell from 137 to 128 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 | 137 | |
| 2020 | 128 | -9 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pollard quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Atmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
223 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 223 fires within 5 miles of Pollard between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,226 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 44 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 | 82 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 26 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 53 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 3647 WOLFLOG ROAD, AL |
| 25 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | WELKA ROAD, AL |
| 22 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Pollard: 4 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Petroleum (Oil), Sulfur, Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brewton Mine and Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Jay Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Jay | Petroleum (Oil), Sulfur | Unknown | ||
| Escambia Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Escambia Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| M.J. Arnold Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz |
Storms near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pollard in 3 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 3 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollard | $10,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph blew trees and power lines down. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollard | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were reported down near Pollard located in the south-central portion of the county near Flomaton. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollard | $2,000 | High winds downed trees in Pollard. |
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.
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 Pollard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q67687 | 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 125105. 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.



