BlockSnead, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Clarence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35952. It stands on Big Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clarence quadrangle. 1,032 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 791 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSnead grew from 835 to 1,032 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 | 835 | |
| 2020 | 1,032 | +197 (+24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 22 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.
- 1885 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Clarence quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Susan Moore quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Clarence quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Susan Moore quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
69 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Snead between 1997 and 2019, burning about 647 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160906-7 |
| 20 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 1535 STARNES CHAPEL RD, AL |
| 19 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190918-1 |
| 17 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Snead: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| D and R Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eli Bynum Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| No 1 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
25 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snead in 25 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snead | $45,000 | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snead | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Lightning | Snead | $13,000 | Lightning struck the Baptist Health Center building. The lightning strike caused minor structural damage. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snead | $7,000 | Several trees were reported down in Snead, in the northern part of the county. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snead | $5,000 | The local sheriffs office reported trees and power lines down near Snead. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Snead | $5,000 | Quarter size hail was reported in Snead. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snead | $5,000 | A large tree was down on a mobile home in the Royal Community, in the northern part of the county. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snead | $3,000 | Several trees were blown down between Snead and Susan Moore. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snead | $3,000 | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snead | $2,000 | A large metal sign was blown down. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snead | $2,000 | Trees were blown down on CR 36 near Snead. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snead | $1,500 | Several trees down along Highway 278. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snead | - | Trees were downed along Highway 278 in the Altoona/Walnut Grove area. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Snead | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northeast Blount, near the Etowah County line, and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 80 mph.||The tornado first touched down near the Walnut Grove community along the Blount-Etowah County line. Here sporadic tree damage was noted with some large limbs snapped and trees uprooted along Highway 278. The tornado tracked northeast and into Etowah County. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snead | - | Several trees uprooted at the intersection of Webb Circle and County Road 14. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snead | - | Several trees uprooted in the city of Snead. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snead | - | A structure sustained unspecified damage, on US-278 near Snead. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Snead | - | Dime size hail was reported just west of Susan Moore. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Snead | - | Dime size hail fell in Susan Moore. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Snead | - | Nickel size hail was reported just south of the intersection of US 278 and SR 75. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snead | - | Trees and power lines were knocked down near Snead. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Snead | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Snead | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Snead | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Snead | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Snead | 1.8 miles | 22 | |
| Highmound | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Craig (historical) | 2.2 miles | 22 | |
| Wynnville | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| Susan Moore | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Bright Star | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| McLarty | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Fridays Crossing | 4.6 miles | 22 |
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 Snead | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q66429 | 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 127070. 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.