Saragossa, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Townley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35578. It stands on Dry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Nauvoo quadrangle. It stands 541 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1893 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Nauvoo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Nauvoo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Nauvoo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
197 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Saragossa between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,227 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 75 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 | 75 |
| Debris and open burning | 64 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160906-5 |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180903-7 |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190927-7 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
20 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saragossa in 20 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 13 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saragossa | $50,000 | Numerous trees were blown down in a swath across the middle of Walker County, from the Blackwater and Macedonia communities, eastward to AL-157. Fallen trees damaged at least one home, one mobile home, and one camper. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saragossa | $27,000 | Several trees were blown down in and around Saragossa. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saragossa | $5,000 | A few trees were blown down across the northern portion of the county. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saragossa | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds produced sporadic, isolated, tree damage in several locations of northern Walker County, from near the area around the Walker County Airport, northeastward to the Fall City Road area near the Winston County line. Single trees were reported blown down at each location. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saragossa | $3,000 | A barn was damaged on Duncan Road, between Highway 5 and Highway 195. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saragossa | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down on Scott Cemetery Rd. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Saragossa | $1,000 | Golf ball sized hail broke a few windows out of a mobile home, in the Saragossa community. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saragossa | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down in the Saragossa community. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saragossa | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down near the Saragossa Community. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Saragossa | - | Quarter size hail reported at Lupton Junior High School. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saragossa | - | Several trees uprooted near the intersection of County Road 5 and Edgil Road. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saragossa | - | Several trees uprooted near the community of Lupton. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Saragossa | - | Residual flooding from heavy rain that fell during Christmas Day. Several roads and homes flooded from rising waters along the Sipsey Fork, Mulberry Fork, and the Blackwater Creek. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Saragossa | - | Hail up to the size of quarters reported along Highway 195 just south of the Winston county line. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saragossa | - | Several trees were snapped along Alabama Highway 5, near Lupton School. Trees were also reported down and blocking Prospect Road, causing damage to a home. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saragossa | - | A tree was reported down across Langston Road in the Cedrum community. |
| March 1995 | Hail | Saragossa | - | Three-quarter inch hail (dime-size) was reported by Walker County Emergency Management at Saragossa or about four miles northwest of Jasper. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Saragossa | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Saragossa | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saragossa | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgil | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Lupton | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Macedonia | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Prospect | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Gamble | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Cedrum | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Holly Grove | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Pocahontas | 4.8 miles | 18 |
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 Saragossa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058549 | 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 160568. 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.







