Port Birmingham, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Maytown-Sylvan Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35118. It stands on Short Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sylvan Springs quadrangle. It stands 423 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 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.
- 1893 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Port Birmingham quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Port Birmingham quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Sylvan Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Sylvan Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
228 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of Port Birmingham between 1994 and 2018, burning about 4,974 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 100 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 | 100 |
| Debris and open burning | 76 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 1686 OLD COOK FORD ROAD, AL |
| 9 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Port Birmingham: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jef 2 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Port Birmingham in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Birmingham | - | Trees and power lines were downed in the Birmingport area. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Port Birmingham | - | Large hail reported by boaters on the Locust Fork River. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Birmingham | - | Several trees uprooted and power pole downed causing structural damage to a building. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Birmingham | - | Several trees uprooted along Alliance Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Creek | 1.0 miles | 22 | |
| Short Creek | 1.1 miles | 22 | |
| Wilderness Garden | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Alliance | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Powhatan | 1.7 miles | 22 | |
| Maxine | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Labuco | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Praco | 3.3 miles | 22 |
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 Q12888008 | 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 125175. 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.








