Randolph, Alabama
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Centreville-Brent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36792. The Survey maps it on the Randolph quadrangle. It stands 554 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1891 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Randolph quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Randolph quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
100 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Randolph between 1994 and 2019, burning about 578 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 24 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 | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190925-10 |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Randolph: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kyanite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bib 2 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Brand Prospect | Kyanite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
14 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Randolph in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Hail | Randolph | $45,000 | Baseball size hail was reported in Randolph by the police department. |
| April 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Randolph | $10,000 | The tornado touched near the intersection of CR 36 and New Hope Village, just east of Randolph. The tornado then tracked east southeast for about a mile, before crossing into Chilton County. Several trees were either blown down or snapped off along the short path. One home was damaged by a fallen tree and one home suffered minor shingle damage. |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | $7,000 | no account filed |
| January 2003 | Hail | Randolph | $3,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported in extreme northeast Bibb County in the Brierfield and Ashby communities. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | $2,000 | Trees were blown down in Randolph, Lolley, and in the Marble Community. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | $1,000 | A few trees were knocked down on Antioch Road near Randolph. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Randolph | - | Hail covering the ground, some as large as half dollar size. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | Several trees uprooted in the town of Randolph resulting in some power outages. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | A few trees were down along County Road 36, about one mile east of Randolph. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | One tree was blown down along Highway 139 near Randolph. Several large tree limbs were also blown out of the tops of the trees at the intersection of Highway 139 and County Road 36. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Randolph | - | Penny size hail was reported in the Randolph and Lawley area. The hail was being thrown out of the storm occurring just to the south. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Randolph | - | Penny size hail was observed in Randolph. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
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 Randolph | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7291767 | 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 160469. 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.







