Richburg, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Elba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36323. It stands on Marsh Branch. The Survey maps it on the New Brockton quadrangle. It stands 417 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1942 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:125000
- 1950 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS New Brockton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
66 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Richburg between 1994 and 2019, burning about 626 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 11367 HWY 84, AL |
| 30 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140703-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Richburg: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cof 3 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
12 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richburg in 12 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richburg | - | There were widespread reports of downed trees across Coffee county. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richburg | - | Trees were blown down and blocking the road on County Road 62. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richburg | - | Multiple trees were blown down on County Road 248 near Highway 84. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richburg | - | Widespread trees were blown down across Coffee county. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richburg | - | A tree was blown down onto County Road 248. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richburg | - | A tree was blown down onto County Road 248. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richburg | - | A tree was blown down onto County Road 515. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richburg | - | Trees and limbs were blown down around Elba. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richburg | - | A tree was down on W McKinnon Street. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richburg | - | Trees were blown down along County Road 514. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richburg | - | Trees were blown down on County Highway 513. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Richburg | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Brockton | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Clintonville | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Gateway Estates | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Damascus | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Elba | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Turner Crossroads | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Tabernacle | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Mixson | 6.3 miles | 11 |
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 Richburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058540 | 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 156964. 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.






