BlockRed Bank, Alabama
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Town Creek-Courtland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35672. It stands on Goode Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rogersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1914 USGS Rogersville quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Rogersville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Thorntontown quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Rogersville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Rogersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Red Bank between 1994 and 2017, burning about 476 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160701-6 |
| 8 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 48 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20120608-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Bank in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Bank | $10,000 | A tree was knocked down on a camper at the Big Nance Trailer Park on Highway 101. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Bank | $8,000 | Trees were blown down across power lines on highway 101 at the south end of Wheeler Dam. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Bank | $5,000 | A mobile home was slightly damaged along County Road 411, about two miles north-northwest of Red Bank, Alabama. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Bank | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees down at the intersection of county roads 150 and 114. |
| November 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Bank | $1,000 | Multiple trees were knocked down at the intersection of CR 150 and Red Bank Road. Time was estimated from radar. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Bank | $500 | Two inch diameter trees were knocked down. Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Red Bank | - | Baseball sized hail was reported in Freeman Acres. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Red Bank | - | Baseball sized hail was reported in the Red Bank area south of Wheeler Dam. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Red Bank | - | A social media photo indicated that 3 inch diameter hail fell north of Town Creek. |
| December 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Bank | - | Trees down on Highway 101 at the Big Nance Creek Bridge. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Red Bank | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler Dam Subdivision | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Freeman Acres | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Fishermans Resort | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Wheeler Dam Village | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Lennon Hill | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Rocky Hill (historical) | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Rocky Hill | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Town Creek | 6.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 125465. 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.
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.