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Satsuma, Alabama

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36572. It lies near Fig Tree Island. The Survey maps it on the Chickasaw quadrangle. 6,749 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 13 feet above sea level.

Satsuma within Mobile County

Population over time

2 figures

Satsuma grew from 6,168 to 6,749 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
20106,168
20206,749+581 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

116 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Satsuma between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,306 acres in total. None started naturally. 48 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/incendiarism48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Debris and open burning28
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150906-002
21 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150918-005
17 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150917-003
15 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile 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 Satsuma: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerClay, Quartz
Dirt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
George Knapp Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Mobile County

Storms near this place

7 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Satsuma in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
June 2004Flash FloodSatsuma$10,000Heavy rainfall of three to five inches caused street flooding from Saraland to Satsuma. Bayou Sara in Saraland came out of its banks and forced the evacuation of several homes. The high water caused some minor damage to the lowest floors of the homes. On most of the homes the lowest floors are only used for garages or storage areas.
April 2003HailSatsuma$5,000Hail the size of golf balls damaged several vehicles in the Satsuma area. A couple of homeowners roofs also suffered damage.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindSatsuma$2,000Winds estimated at 70 mph snapped a large tree.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindSatsuma-Box truck overturned on I-65 at MM 19 due to high winds.
March 2014HailSatsuma-no account filed
August 2006HailSatsuma-no account filed
May 2001HailSatsuma-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mobile 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
Cox Beach0.9 miles30
Junior Acres1.0 miles30
Williams Heights1.1 miles30
Little Pines1.3 miles30
Pennsylvania1.5 miles30
Mackies1.5 miles30
Saraland2.4 miles30
Pine Wood2.6 miles30

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 SatsumaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79552The 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 126426. 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.