Skaggs Corner, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ider census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35978. It stands on Fuller Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ider quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1886 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Ider quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Ider quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Ider quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
173 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Skaggs Corner between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,552 acres in total. None started naturally. 53 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 50 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200922-3 |
| 21 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 65 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 785 CR 346, AL |
| 2 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Skaggs Corner: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jac 8 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Woodstock Land & Mineral Mines | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Skaggs Corner in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Skaggs Corner | $100,000 | An EF-1 tornado with peak winds up to 95 mph continued it's track from Jackson County into DeKalb County paralleling County Road 141, striking two barns, collapsing the roof and walls of one of the barns. Additional trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado also produced minor roof and structural damage to a trailer and several farm outbuildings along County Road 803. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skaggs Corner | $10,000 | A tree and power lines were knocked down onto a mobile home on CR 134. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skaggs Corner | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down on Gilbert Road. Time estimated by radar. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skaggs Corner | $500 | A tree was knocked down at Cornerstone Drive near CR 732. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skaggs Corner | $200 | A tree was knocked down. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skaggs Corner | - | Power lines and trees were knocked down in Ider and Henager. A power outage was reported along CR 140 in Ider. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skaggs Corner | - | Damaging straight-line winds knocked trees down along County Road 769 and County Road 371 near Ider. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaty Crossroads | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Keith | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Ider | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Biddle Crossroads | 2.6 miles | 21 | |
| Yorks Mill | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Townsend Crossroads | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Pea Ridge Crossroads | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Oak Grove | 4.2 miles | 21 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122599068 | 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 157069. 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.










