Simcoe, Alabama
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Simcoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35058. It stands on Short Creek. The Survey maps it on the Simcoe quadrangle. It stands 948 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1888 USGS Cullman quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Cullman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Simcoe quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Simcoe between 1997 and 2019, burning about 150 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 1885 COUNTY ROAD 1559, AL |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160920-3 |
| 18 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | COUNTY ROAD 1561, AL |
| 18 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | COUNTY ROAD 1561, AL |
| 15 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160915-8 |
| 29 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20140829-005 |
| 21 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Simcoe in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simcoe | $10,000 | An open hay barn was blown down. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simcoe | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were knocked down and blocking both lanes of the roadway at 2017 CR 1714. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simcoe | $2,000 | Power lines were knocked down at CR 747 at Highway 69. Time estimated by radar. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simcoe | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down on CR 1635. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simcoe | $500 | A tree was knocked down off of CR 1648. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simcoe | $500 | Thunderstorm winds knocked a tree down in Simcoe on Highway 69. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simcoe | - | Trees were knocked down onto the road along CR 1640. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant View | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Gold Ridge | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Berlin | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Walkers Corner | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Fairview | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Mount View | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| East Point | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Birdsong | 4.9 miles | 17 |
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 Simcoe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058559 | 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 126860. 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.







