BlockSheffield, Alabama
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tri-Cities census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35660. It lies near Jackson Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Florence quadrangle. 9,403 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 515 feet above sea level.
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On record in Sheffield
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 8 records
Chambers-Robinson Houselisted 1993
Memphis & Charleston Railroad Bridge (Additional Documentation)listed 2024
Muscle Shoals Sound Studiolisted 2006
E.L. Newman Lustron Houselisted 2000
Nitrate Village No. 1 Historic Districtlisted 1984
Sheffield Downtown Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2010
Sheffield Residential Historic Districtlisted 2002- Tuscumbia Landing Sitelisted 1982
Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records
- Bonner House, 2708 Tenth Avenue, Sheffieldfederal building survey, 3 photographs
- House, County Road 40 (River Road), Sheffieldfederal building survey, 1 photograph
Population over time
2 figuresSheffield grew from 9,039 to 9,403 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 | 9,039 | |
| 2020 | 9,403 | +364 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1914 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Florence quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Florence quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Florence quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Photographs
8 of 30 photographs shown, 1942Taken 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.
Delano, Jack, 1942. Library of Congress
Rothstein, Arthur, 1942. Library of Congress
Rothstein, Arthur, 1942. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1942. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1942. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1942. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1942. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1942. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Colbert County
Fires near this place
62 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Sheffield between 1995 and 2019, burning about 295 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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 | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 115 COUNTY ROAD 249, AL |
| 28 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 673 CR 72, AL |
| 19 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190919-8 |
| 18 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 24 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO RD 47 & 2, AL |
| 28 August 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20130828-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sheffield: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colbert County Hwy. Dept. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lister Hill Reduction Plant | Silica, Aluminum | Plant |
Storms near this place
60 of 117 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sheffield in 117 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 96 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 8 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $100,000 | Numerous trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds from near Sheffield to just east of New Bethel, and in the Littleville area. In the Littleville area, a tree was blown onto a house and a building overhang was blown away due to thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $30,000 | Multiple trees and power outages were blown down across much of the area in Sheffield. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $10,000 | A tree was knocked down onto a house at 407 Annapolis Avenue. |
| June 2013 | Lightning | Sheffield | $10,000 | Lightning struck a structure, starting a fire and produced minor damage, on Pine Street. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $10,000 | A tree and power lines were knocked down on Forest Avenue. |
| February 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $8,000 | Trees and power lines reported down. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $7,500 | A power pole was reported leaning or down near the 400 block of Annapolis Avenue. |Time was estimated from radar. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $6,000 | Multiple trees were reported down including onto vehicles in Sheffield. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $5,000 | A tree was knocked down onto a house at 302 Darby Avenue. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $5,000 | A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Sheffield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| February 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $4,000 | Trees and power lines were knocked down at the 400 block of Pittsburg Street in Sheffield. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $4,000 | A power pole was knocked down on Montgomery Avenue. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $3,000 | A power pole and transformer was reported down at 3001 NE 19th Avenue. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $3,000 | Trees were knocked down onto a car and power lines were knocked down. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $3,000 | A tree was blown down on N Columbia Avenue. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $3,000 | A tree was blown down on E 32nd Street. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down two trees on a house. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $2,000 | A power pole was knocked down at 721 South Columbia Avenue. This is a corrected report. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $2,000 | A power pole was knocked down at 1606 E 30th Street. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $2,000 | A tree was knocked down on power lines at 1405 York Street. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $2,000 | A power pole was reported leaning or blown down near 501 W 20th Avenue. Time was estimated from radar data. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $2,000 | A pole was reported lean or knocked down near 402 E 7th Street. Time was estimated from radar data. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $2,000 | A tree was blown down near the intersection of Moody Lane and Cross Lane. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $2,000 | Power lines were knocked down at Mitchell Blvd. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $2,000 | A tree was knocked down at the 600 block of Columbia Avenue. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $2,000 | A tree was blown down in Sheffeild. |
| February 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down in Sheffield |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $1,000 | A tree was reported down and the intersection of E 25th Street and E 15th Street. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down at 2511 E 14th Avenue. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $1,000 | A large tree fell across the road near 29th street and 13th Avenue. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down at 1403 NE 25th Street. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $1,000 | A tree knocked down at 509 Park Blvd blocking the road. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down at 2908 NE 14th Avenue. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $1,000 | A tree was reported down near the intersection of 19th Avenue and 31st Street. Time was estimated from radar data. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $1,000 | A tree was reported down near 3502 18th Ct. Time was estimated from radar data. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $1,000 | A tree was reported down near 701 N Atlanta Avenue. Time was estimated from radar data. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $1,000 | A tree was reported down near 1416 Alabama Avenue. Time was estimated from radar data. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $1,000 | A tree was reported down near 503 River Bluff Drive. Time was estimated from radar data. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down at 3104 NE 19th Avenue. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $1,000 | A tree was reported down at 3107 NE 19th Avenue. Time was estimated from radar data. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $1,000 | A tree was reported down at 2706 NE 14th Avenue. Time was estimated from radar data. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $1,000 | A tree was reported down near the intersection of N Columbia Avenue and 5th Street. Time was estimated from radar data. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down onto a vehicle at this location on North Montgomery Avenue. Time was estimated from radar. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $1,000 | A tree was reported down at this location on North Atlanta Avenue. Time was estimated from radar. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $1,000 | A tree was reported down near the intersection of NE 17th and NE 28th Street. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $1,000 | A tree was reported down near the Greater Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down onto a house and power lines at 910 NE 28th Street. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down onto a home. |
| January 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $500 | A tree was knocked down. Time estimate by radar. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $500 | A tree was knocked down on North Atlanta Avenue. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $500 | A tree was knocked down by gust front winds at 805 Austin Avenue. Time estimated by radar. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $500 | A tree was knocked down by gust front winds at 744 Lakewood Drive. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $500 | A tree was knocked down by thunderstorm winds at 2605 NE 17th Avenue. Time estimated by radar. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $500 | A tree was knocked down. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $500 | A tree was knocked down near Little Rock Avenue and West 5th Street in Sheffield. Time estimated by radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Furnace Hill (historical) | 0.7 miles | 19 | |
| Loyall (historical) | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| River Oaks | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Woodlawn Heights | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| East Sheffield | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Olland | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Sheffield Heights | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Easton | 1.5 miles | 19 |
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 Sheffield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79568 | 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 153401. 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.