BlockReform, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Reform census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35481. It stands on Langdon Branch. The Survey maps it on the Reform quadrangle. 1,520 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 240 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresReform fell from 1,702 to 1,520 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,702 | |
| 2020 | 1,520 | -182 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Reform quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
90 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Reform between 1994 and 2020, burning about 551 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 23 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 | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160921-1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
28 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reform in 28 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 14 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 6 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2017 | Tornado (EF2) | Reform | 6 hurt | NWS meteorologists surveyed damage in northern Pickens County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF2 tornado. The tornado touched down at 7th Ave SW in the town of Reform. The tornado tracked northeast crossing Highway 82 and into residential areas where the worst damage occurred. Several single family wood framed homes and a mobile home were destroyed. One wood framed home was completely swept off its foundation. Several vehicles were also overturned. Four people, including an infant, were in the house that was swept off its foundation. They only suffered minor injuries. The tornado continued northeast and crossed near the intersection of County Road 25 and 15th Ave NW where numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. It then crossed Highway 17 about one mile south of County Road 8 where several trees were snapped and a house lost part of its roof. The tornado paralleled Highway 17 for several miles and did extensive tree and power line damage in the community of Palmetto. A fire station was also heavily damaged in Palmetto. From Palmetto, it traveled along County Road 59 where is snapped and uprooted trees, then it crossed into extreme southeast Lamar County. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Reform | $10,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported in Reform by the EMA. |
| April 1996 | Hail | Reform | $8,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reform | $5,000 | Scattered trees were blown down across the north end of the county. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Reform | $5,000 | Dime to golf ball size hail was observed in and near Reform. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reform | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in Reform. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reform | $2,000 | Numerous trees were blown down just inside the city limits of Reform. |
| November 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reform | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down just west of Reform. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reform | $2,000 | A few trees were knocked down across CR 35 near the McShan community. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reform | $1,000 | A large tree and a power pole were blown down on SR 17 near Reform. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reform | - | Several trees were downed in the Reform area. |
| January 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reform | - | Several trees uprooted in the Friendship Community. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reform | - | Several trees were uprooted in the town of Reform. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reform | - | Trees were reported down across State Road 17, north of Reform. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reform | - | Trees were reported down along Highway 82 in downtown Reform. One structure was also damaged in the area and a small aircraft was overturned inside a hangar in the airport. |
| September 2011 | Flash Flood | Reform | - | Heavy rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee resulted in flash flooding in Reform, where up to six inches of water was reported to be flowing across many streets. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Reform | - | Reported just north of Lubbub Community along SR 159. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Reform | - | Penny size hail was observed just north of Reform. The hail may have been larger but fell across rural northeast Pickens County. |
| December 2005 | Hail | Reform | - | Dime to penny size hail fell along State Road 17 near Reform. The hail may have been larger but fell across rural areas. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Reform | - | Quarter size hail fell in Reform. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Reform | - | Three quarter inch diameter hail fell in Reform. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Reform | - | Nickel size hail was reported in Reform. |
| March 1995 | Hail | Reform | - | Dime-size hail was reported in Reform that lasted for about 10 minutes. |
| March 1995 | Hail | Reform | - | Dime-size hail was reported north of Reform. Damage was also reported to a house roof and to the roof of a gas station, and some trees were blown down. A tractor bin was demolished. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reform | - | Trees and power lines were reported down in Reform and in the area of the county just north of Reform when a thunderstorm moved through. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Reform | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Reform | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Reform | - | 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 Reform | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79522 | 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 125544. 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.