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Pride, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Littleville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35674. It lies near Sand Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Pride quadrangle.

Pride within Colbert County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

121 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Pride between 1993 and 2019, burning about 650 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 46 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/incendiarism46
Debris and open burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-8
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colbert 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 Pride: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Rock Asphalt, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Alabama Asphaltic Limestone Company QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Rock AsphaltProducer1923
Tuscumbia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Colbert County

Storms near this place

18 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pride in 18 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 tornado, 1 hail. The reports record 5 injuries. 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
April 2025Tornado (EF1)Pride5 hurtThe tornado touched down just south of U.S. Highway 72 near Hawk Pride Mountain Road before crossing the highway and tracking along County Road 24 into southern Tuscumbia. Most damage indicators consisted of uprooted trees; however, one location featured a snapped hardwood trunk, supporting the peak wind estimate of 105 mph. The tornado continued east into Muscle Shoals, where it caused significant damage in the Holiday Trailer Park area. Several large hardwood trees were uprooted and fell onto residential units, resulting in five reported injuries. The tornado tracked just north of Northwest Alabama Regional Airport turning northward and passing through Ford City and eventually across Wilson Lake into Lauderdale County. Damage was primarily to trees with several uprooted trees, split trees, and large limbs downed in this area.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindPride$2,000A tree was reported down onto powerlines at 6530 Hawk Pride Mountain Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPride$2,000A telephone pole and lines were knocked down at the intersection of Locust Lane and Carter Drive. Time estimated by radar.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPride$1,000A tree was reported down near the intersection of Smallwood Mountain Road and Woodland Drive. Time was estimated from radar.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPride$1,000A tree was reported down at the intersection of Hawk Pride Mountain Road and Willingham Loop Road.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindPride$1,000A tree was blown down off of Sherrod Lane.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindPride$1,000A tree was knocked down at the Pride Landing boat ramp. Time estimated by radar.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindPride$500A tree was knocked down at 2900 Smallwood Mountain Road. Time estimated by radar.
December 2024Thunderstorm WindPride$500A tree was knocked down at this location.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindPride$500A tree was knocked down.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindPride$200A tree was knocked down at 2265 Old Memphis Pike. Time estimated by radar.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindPride$200A tree was knocked down at the intersection of Willingham Loop and Sweetgum Lane. Time estimated by radar.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindPride$200A tree was knocked down. Time estimated by radar.
December 2019Thunderstorm WindPride$200A tree was knocked down on Old Memphis Pike.
April 2025Tornado (EF1)Pride-A tornado touched down near Pride, where numerous trees were damaged or uprooted, and a small farm building sustained minor roof damage. The tornado continued eastward across Little Bear Creek, where widespread tree damage was observed, including several instances where falling trees caused structural damage to single-family homes. Additional tree damage was caused by the tornado as it moved through Sheffield before it lifted just west of Highway 43.
April 2022Flash FloodPride-Water over US Highway 72 and Highway 247 due to flash flooding in the Barton community.
March 2021Flash FloodPride-At least a foot of water over the road west of the intersection of Pride Landing Road on Hwy 72.
March 2008HailPride-Penny sized hail was reported around a mile northeast of Pride.

Every storm recorded in Colbert 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
Gatesville (historical)1.4 miles19
Hawk Pride2.8 miles19
Red Rock2.9 miles19
Cedar Hills Estates3.8 miles19
Barton3.9 miles20
Mountain Mills (historical)4.1 miles20
Oka Kapassa (historical)4.8 miles18
Rivermont5.2 miles18

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 PrideAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28153606The 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 163938. 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.