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Stevenson, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Stevenson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35772. It stands on Bengis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stevenson quadrangle. 1,955 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 653 feet above sea level.

Stevenson within Jackson County

On record in Stevenson

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 4 records

Population over time

3 figures

Stevenson grew from 1,770 to 1,955 between 2000 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.

YearPeople Change
20001,770
20102,046+276 (+16%)
20201,955-91 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

40 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Stevenson between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,306 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190922-15
18 September 1998Smoking1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1998Smoking1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1998Smoking2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2011Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission853 CR 285, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Stevenson: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pace ProspectIron, ManganeseProspect
Childers MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

20 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stevenson in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2014: 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1994Thunderstorm WindStevenson$500,000Twenty homes were damaged by what was believed to be thunderstorm winds in the Fackler and Stevenson area. Isolated damage was also reported in other parts of Jackson County including Scottsboro with numerous trees down throughout the county. Damage included shingles off, porches and awnings ripped from buildings, and a mobile home was moved off its foundation.
January 1997Tornado (F0)Stevenson$60,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindStevenson$20,000no account filed
January 1997Thunderstorm WindStevenson$6,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindStevenson$4,000Trees were knocked down along US 72 and also along CR 587 near Stevenson. Several other trees were blown down across the county.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindStevenson$3,000home with minor roof damage due to wind damage.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindStevenson$3,000Trees were down and nickel-size hail was reported at Dutton in southeast Jackson County and Section. Large trees and power lines were reported down between Stevenson and Bridgeport. Several large trees blocked a road in Stevenson.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindStevenson$2,000A few trees were blown down around Stevenson. A few trees were also reported down in the rural areas of northern Jackson County.
August 2014Flash FloodStevenson-A portion of County Road 171 in the Talley Branch area in Jackson County, Alabama was washed out due to flash flooding. At least a foot of water was flowing across the road.
May 2008HailStevenson-Nickel size hail reported.
April 2006HailStevenson-Quarter size hail was reported.
April 2006HailStevenson-Golf ball size hail was reported.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindStevenson-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Several power outages were reported. Time estimated report.
April 2006HailStevenson-Quarter size hail was reported.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindStevenson-A few trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindStevenson-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down due to thunderstorm winds associated with a line of severe thunderstorms moving southeast into the county.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindStevenson-A few power lines were blown down due to thunderstorm winds.
February 2003Thunderstorm WindStevenson-a few power lines blown down
May 2003Thunderstorm WindStevenson-few trees and powerlines reported down.
May 2002HailStevenson-Dime size hail was reported in the Stevenson area.

Every storm recorded in Jackson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Card Switch0.9 miles22
New Town1.2 miles22
Pinder Hill1.3 miles22
Haynes Crossing1.6 miles23
Harris1.7 miles23
Hymer (historical)2.7 miles22
Edgefield2.9 miles23
Rash3.0 miles21

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 StevensonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79563The 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 127370. 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.