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Robertsdale, Alabama

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Robertsdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36567. The Survey maps it on the Robertsdale quadrangle. 6,708 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 148 feet above sea level.

Robertsdale within Baldwin County

Population over time

3 figures

Robertsdale grew from 3,782 to 6,708 between 2000 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.

YearPeople Change
20003,782
20105,276+1,494 (+40%)
20206,708+1,432 (+27%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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.

Photographs

2 photographs, 1937

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Pulp wood going down the River Styx to Mobile by inland waterway near Robertsdale, Alabama
Pulp wood going down the River Styx to Mobile by inland waterway near Robertsdale, Alabama
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Pulpwood going down the River Styx to Mobile by inland waterway. Near Robertsdale, Alabama
Pulpwood going down the River Styx to Mobile by inland waterway. Near Robertsdale, Alabama
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

92 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Robertsdale between 1994 and 2019, burning about 660 acres in total. None started naturally. 29 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 burning36
Arson/incendiarism29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150925-002
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150919-002
1 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2011Debris and open burning5.8 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNIMPHS LANE, AL
17 June 1995Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20140508-001
19 May 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 May 2002Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Robertsdale: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Baldwin County Plant SummerdaleSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Baldwin County

Storms near this place

30 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Robertsdale in 30 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2001Tornado (F2)Robertsdale$200,000An F2 tornado touched down southeast of Robertsdale. The tornado first touched down just south of County Road 83 and Hubard road intersection where it tracked north and damaged seventeen manufactured homes and completely destroyed three others. Several large Pecan trees were also blown down. No injuries were reported.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindRobertsdale$125,000An NWS Storm Survey found a path of straight line wind damage from 200 to 400 yards wide that was 2 miles long. The worst damage along the path occurred near the County Road 85 area just north of Highway 90 where 6 single family homes experienced significant structural damage to roofs and walls. Several out buildings and smaller structures were also destroyed near several residences along the path.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindRobertsdale$120,000Severe thunderstorm winds of 60 to 70 mph resulted in the downing of numerous trees and power lines in and around the city of Robertsdale. Baldwin County EMA reports 4 homes and 2 commercial buildings were damaged. 68 downed trees from across the city had to be removed.
March 2014FloodRobertsdale$15,000A roof of a business collapsed due to heavy rain.
November 2004Tornado (F0)Robertsdale$15,000A weak F0 tornado touched down just northeast of Robertsdale. The tornado first touched down along County Road 55 and moved northeast before dissipating just west of U. S. Highway 90. Trees were blown down with some minor structural damage along the track of the storm. A truck was also blown over. No injuries occurred. This weak tornado actually split from the same storm that spawned the tornado in Summerdale at about the same time.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindRobertsdale$5,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed a tree on an apartment.
March 2003Thunderstorm WindRobertsdale$5,000High winds from a thunderstorm damaged the roof to a barn just south of Robertsdale.
September 1994Thunderstorm WindRobertsdale$5,000Trees and large limbs were blown across power lines east of Robertsdale near U. S. Highway 90 and also near Styx River near U. S. Highway 90.
August 1997LightningRobertsdale$3,000Lightning from an afternoon thunderstorm struck a home in Robertsdale. The lightning struck the roof and damaged it and also damaged several electrical appliances.
December 1995Thunderstorm WindRobertsdale$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down in the Robertsdale area.
January 1995Thunderstorm WindRobertsdale$500Wind with a thunderstorm downed a huge water oak in downtown Fairhope around noon. The tree fell on a late model car damaging the hood and windshield. A wheelbarrow load of shingles were torn off the roof of a school building in Robertsdale at Robertsdale Elementary School. Heavy rain late in the afternoon also added to problems by pouring through the wind damaged roof.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindRobertsdale-Several power poles and lines down in the road on US Highway 90.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindRobertsdale-High winds downed trees in the Robertsdale area.
May 2022HailRobertsdale-Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported on Memphis Way in Robertsdale.
May 2022HailRobertsdale-Pea to quarter size hail was reported.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindRobertsdale-High winds downed trees on CR 87 and Ponderosa Farms road.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindRobertsdale-High winds downed power lines with power outages along CR 71.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindRobertsdale-Public relayed pictures of numerous snapped trees, a destroyed shed and a blown over car port. The winds were estimated to be 90 to 100 mph based off of damage indicators.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindRobertsdale-Severe thunderstorm winds downed several trees in the yard of a residential home.
August 2016Flash FloodRobertsdale-Heavy rain caused flooding of numerous roads in southern Baldwin County.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindRobertsdale-A severe thunderstorm produced high winds that caused power outages in Robertsdale.
March 1999HailRobertsdale-Dime size hail was reported in Robertsdale.
April 1997HailRobertsdale-Dime size hail was reported in Robertsdale.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindRobertsdale-no account filed
December 2008Flash FloodRobertsdale-no account filed
May 2002HailRobertsdale-no account filed
May 2002HailRobertsdale-no account filed
January 1997HailRobertsdale-no account filed
April 1996HailRobertsdale-no account filed
March 1996HailRobertsdale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Baldwin 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
Silverhill2.2 miles18
Rosinton4.6 miles16
Summerdale4.6 miles17
Loxley5.0 miles18
Ellisville6.7 miles18
Elsanor6.8 miles17
Clay City6.9 miles18
Marlow7.9 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 RobertsdaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79264The 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 125703. 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.