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Prichard, Alabama

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36610. It stands on Toulmins Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Mobile quadrangle. 19,322 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 30 feet above sea level.

Prichard within Mobile County

On record in Prichard

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Prichard fell from 22,659 to 19,322 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
201022,659
202019,322-3,337 (-15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 34 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

43 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Prichard between 1994 and 2017, burning about 403 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 16/CR 64, AL
9 June 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 June 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission1675 CR 217, AL
8 May 2000Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20140527-003
2 April 2006Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 April 1994Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20120412-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Prichard: 6 producers, 3 past producers, 2 plants. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium, Perlite, Titanium. 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
Kerr-Mcgee Mobile FacilityTitaniumPlant
Laidlaw No. 1 PitClayPast Producer
Laidlaw Number 1 QuarryClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Mobile Aluminum Refining PlantAluminumPlant
Mobile PlantPerliteProducer
Mobile DredgeCalciumProducer
Oyster Shell Products/Canal PlantCalciumProducer
Eight Mine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Laidlaw Pit No. 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mobile MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mobile County

Storms near this place

10 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prichard in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 4 lightning, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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
June 2019LightningPrichard1 killedA 59 year old man was struck by lightning while he was climbing a ladder to perform repairs on the roof of a home. He was on life support for a few weeks, but was unable to recover from his injuries and passed away.
May 2001LightningPrichard1 hurtJust a few miles from where the above lightning strike occurred, another strike injured a 25 year old male while he was on the telephone. He was sitting in a barbers chair, talking on the phone when he was struck. The strike knocked the man unconscious; he woke up about 45 minutes later in the hospital. Other than the short period of unconsciousness, followed by soreness in his body, the strike victim was apparently otherwise uninjured. He was checked out at the hospital and released.
June 2007LightningPrichard$100,000Lightning struck a church near Prichard. The strike started a fire and the church was destroyed by the blaze.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindPrichard$10,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees on top of a house and cars.
September 2000LightningPrichard$5,000Lightning struck a house and sparked a small fire. The fire was quickly extinguished, no injuries were reported.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindPrichard-Structural damage reported at the Kimberly Clark facility.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindPrichard-High winds downed multiple trees across the city of Mobile.
November 2019Tornado (EF0)Prichard-The storm survey team surveyed the areas around Telegraph Road and Industrial Canal Road based on public video of the tornado touchdown in the area. After surveying the area and speaking with people that witnessed the tornado, it was determined that the tornado was very weak and overall caused little damage. The primary damage noted was a snapped small tree on the banks of Three Mile Creek and a blown down power pole. Insulation from an industrial building was blown out, but the roof overall did not sustain appreciable damage. The start and end points are rough estimates based on the limited access of the area to the survey team. Based on video, the tornado likely moved across Threemile Creek and part of the Mobile River. It is possible the tornado|continued across US Highway 90 into Blakeley Island. However, the team could|not find any damage points to extend the track further east.
December 2009Thunderstorm WindPrichard-A 58 MPH wind gusts was measured by Alabama Department of Transportation weather sensor at road level on the Cochrane bridge in north Mobile.
May 1998HailPrichard-Quarter size hail fell in the community.

Every storm recorded in Mobile 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
Summerville0.5 miles34
Plateau0.8 miles34
Sibert1.1 miles34
Neely1.2 miles34
Magazine1.4 miles34
Toulminville1.5 miles34
North Mobile1.7 miles30
Chickasaw1.7 miles30

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 PrichardAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79609The 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 125275. 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.