Sterrett, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Chelsea census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35147. It lies near Tater Hill. The Survey maps it on the Vincent quadrangle. 706 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 518 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSterrett fell from 712 to 706 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 | 712 | |
| 2020 | 706 | -6 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1890 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1951 USGS Vincent quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Vincent quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
197 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Sterrett between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,411 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 58 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 | 70 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190905-10 |
| 29 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-30 |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 58 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160924-19 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Sterrett: 2 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| No Name Given | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| R P Tucker Prospect | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| T C Elliott Prospect | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| T S Florey Prospect | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| W W Wyatt Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sterrett in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterrett | $2,000 | A few trees were blown down near Sterrett along County Road 45. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterrett | $500 | Trees were blown down on CR-55, in Sterrett. |
| June 2022 | Flash Flood | Sterrett | - | Several roads flooded and impassable around the city of Vincent. Several vehicles stalled out with one almost completely submerged. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterrett | - | Several trees uprooted along County Road 55. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Sterrett | - | Hail up to the size of nickels covered the ground, near Sterrett. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Sterrett | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vandiver | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Calcis | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Lawley | 4.0 miles | 21 | |
| Dunnavant | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Cloverdale | 5.0 miles | 22 | |
| Winburn | 5.4 miles | 27 | |
| Vincent | 5.7 miles | 22 | |
| Abbot Springs | 6.1 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.
| Wikipedia article on Sterrett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1273475 | 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 127366. 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.







