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Sardis City, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Mountainboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35956. It stands on McWhorter Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rodentown quadrangle. 1,814 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,083 feet above sea level.

Sardis City within Etowah County

Population over time

2 figures

Sardis City grew from 1,704 to 1,814 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,704
20201,814+110 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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.

Fires near this place

70 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Sardis City between 1998 and 2019, burning about 326 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 26 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 burning33
Arson/incendiarism26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190930-23
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-6
19 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Debris and open burning4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160916-14
16 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160916-11

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Etowah County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sardis City: 2 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Leed Gap AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in Etowah County

Storms near this place

18 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sardis City in 18 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2013Tornado (EF1)Sardis City3 hurtThe tornado initially touched down in Marshall County in Boaz and moved eastward into Etowah County about a half of a mile west of Oak Drive where it snapped and uprooted several pine trees. From there it moved to the east and crossed Broadwell Road and overturned a tractor trailer and a camper. The tornado continued eastward, snapping and uprooting trees along the path. Several barns and small outbuildings sustained roof damage. As the tornado crossed Chumley Road, two mobile homes were overturned while more trees were uprooted. The most extensive damage occurred as the tornado approached Rowen Road. A mobile home was lifted and overturned leaving one person seriously injured and two others with minor injuries. In this same area, two additional mobile homes were destroyed. As the tornado crossed Brow Road, a one story brick home had one third of its roof removed and wind-blown debris was observed on all four sides of the home. The tornado continued further east for approximately 300 yards before dissipating as it approched Sand Valley Road.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindSardis City$20,000Several trees were blown down near the intersection of Patterson Street and Alexander Drive, near the Sardis City community. A portion of a garage roof was blown off, and a home sustained damage from a fallen tree.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindSardis City$8,000Several trees were uprooted or snapped, causing damage to a shed and barn along Jack Floyd St., Broadwell Rd., and Horton Circle. Winds were estimated at 70-75 mph.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindSardis City$5,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Sardis City.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindSardis City$4,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSardis City$3,000Several trees and power lines were blown down around the Sardis City community.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindSardis City$2,000Several trees were blown down in Sardis City.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindSardis City$2,000Several trees were blown down in the Sardis City community.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindSardis City$2,000Several trees were blown down in the New Union Community.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindSardis City-Several trees uprooted in the Sardis City area.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindSardis City-Several trees uprooted and blocking roadways in Sardis City.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindSardis City-Several trees uprooted and power lined downed in the town of Sardis City.
February 2019HailSardis City-Penny size hail covering the ground.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindSardis City-Several trees uprooted and blocking Highway 431 near Sand Mountain Pawn.
February 2003HailSardis City-Penny size hail was reported near Sardis City.
August 2002HailSardis City-Dime size hail was reported in Sardis City by the local police department.
April 2006HailSardis City-no account filed
August 2002HailSardis City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Etowah 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
Midway0.5 miles22
Fenton1.0 miles22
Rollins (historical)1.5 miles22
Mountainboro1.9 miles23
Skyhaven Estates2.1 miles23
Happy Hill2.2 miles22
Pulltight2.9 miles22
Whitesboro2.9 miles22

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 Sardis CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65616The 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 126416. 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.