Rutledge, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Luverne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36049. It stands on Cane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Luverne quadrangle. 351 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 344 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRutledge fell from 467 to 351 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 | 467 | |
| 2020 | 351 | -116 (-25%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Luverne quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
92 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Rutledge between 1994 and 2019, burning about 594 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170905-1 |
| 29 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NEAR SPRINGHILL RD., AL |
| 26 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | HWY 10, AL |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20130911-003 |
| 25 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Rutledge: 13 unknowns, 6 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crenshaw County Brown Iron Ore Deposits | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1939 | |
| E W Williams Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| E W Williams Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Horn Pit | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
13 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rutledge in 13 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Rutledge | $25,000 | Chicken houses flooded off county Road 77 near Rutledge. Portions of Alabama State Highway 10 near Rutledge closed due to flooding. Some homes were flooded in the Rutledge area. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rutledge | $10,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts caused damage to one house and downed numerous tree across the southern portion of Crenshaw County. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rutledge | $7,000 | Severe thunderstorms caused tree and outbuilding damage southwest of Rutledge. |
| January 2017 | Flash Flood | Rutledge | $5,000 | Several roads closed in the Rutledge area due to flash flooding. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rutledge | $5,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees just west of Rutledge. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rutledge | - | High winds downed trees and debris blocking roads. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rutledge | - | High winds removed shingles and caused damage to a storage building. |
| November 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rutledge | - | High winds downed multiple trees with some blocking roads. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rutledge | - | High winds downed multiple trees and power lines just west of Rutledge. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rutledge | - | A fallen tree caused damage to a structure on North Watts Avenue. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rutledge | - | A severe thunderstorm downed numerous trees west and southwest of Rutledge. |
| December 2009 | Flash Flood | Rutledge | - | Swanner Bridge Road closed due to water covering the roadway. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Rutledge | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee Village | 1.4 miles | 7 | |
| Luverne | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Vernledge | 3.0 miles | 7 | |
| Ivy Creek | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Robinson Crossroads | 3.5 miles | 7 | |
| Moodys Crossroads | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Centenary | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Patsburg | 5.8 miles | 7 |
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 Rutledge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q67118 | 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 153234. 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.



