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Stockton, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Stockton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36507. It stands on Aikin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bay Minette North quadrangle. 557 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 105 feet above sea level.

Stockton within Baldwin County

On record in Stockton

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 1 record

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

McMillan House, County Road 21, Stockton, Baldwin County, AL
McMillan House, County Road 21, Stockton, Baldwin County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

171 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Stockton between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,411 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 71 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
Arson/incendiarism71
Debris and open burning55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2019Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-23
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2013Natural20 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20130904-001
17 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20140911-001
25 August 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2000Smoking15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Stockton: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Stockton Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Baldwin County

Storms near this place

23 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stockton in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 16 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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
August 2000Thunderstorm WindStockton$50,000Strong thunderstorm winds downed trees in the area. In addition, the high winds produced minor damage to the roofs of several homes, and more substantially damaged several sheds and barns in the area, as well as a pump house. Some of these structures were destroyed.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindStockton$10,000A line of severe thunderstorms downed trees in the community. Dime sized hail was also reported.
March 1999Thunderstorm WindStockton$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down, blocking Highway 21, in the front of the Stockton Post Office.
December 2002Thunderstorm WindStockton$8,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew down trees and power lines just north of Stockton.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindStockton$8,000Trees and power lines were blown down near Stockton.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindStockton$5,000High winds downed trees.
November 2018Thunderstorm WindStockton$5,000High winds downed trees and power lines along CR 21.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindStockton$5,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees near Stockton.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindStockton$3,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees near Highway 59 and Shady Lane.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindStockton$1,500Several trees and power lines were blown down near a boat landing west of the Stockton community.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindStockton$1,000Several trees were blown across Highway 225 in Stockton.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindStockton$1,000Trees and power lines were blown down in and around Stockton.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindStockton$500no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindStockton-High winds downed trees along I-65N near MM 31.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindStockton-Trees blocking the roadway near AL Highway 225 and AL Highway 59.
May 2004Flash FloodStockton-Heavy rains of four to seven inches in a three hour period caused some roads along the I-65 corridor between Stockton and Perdido to have standing water in them. Several secondary roads near the interstate were impassable and had to be closed for about an hour because of high water. The roads quickly drained after the storms moved out of the area.
March 1998HailStockton-Nickel size hail was reported along I-65 near the Stockton exit.
April 1997HailStockton-Dime size hail was reported in the Stockton area.
April 1997HailStockton-Quarter size hail fell around the Stockton area.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindStockton-Thunderstorm wind downed trees and power lines along Highway 59 north of Stockton.
June 2008Funnel CloudStockton-no account filed
January 2008Flash FloodStockton-no account filed
May 2003HailStockton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Baldwin 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
Vaughn2.5 miles12
Latham6.4 miles12
Rabun7.4 miles11
Pinchona8.6 miles16
Carney8.7 miles16
Bay Minette8.9 miles13
Eastwood9.0 miles13
D'Olive9.1 miles13

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 StocktonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3709697The 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 127416. 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.