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.
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
Stockton Methodist Churchlisted 1988
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- McMillan House, County Road 21, Stocktonfederal building survey, 2 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1941 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Bay Minette North quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Bay Minette North quadrangle1:24000
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
171 since 1994Regional 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/incendiarism | 71 |
| Debris and open burning | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190906-23 |
| 6 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20130904-001 |
| 17 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140911-001 |
| 25 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2000 | Smoking | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stockton Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
23 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockton | $50,000 | Strong 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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockton | $10,000 | A line of severe thunderstorms downed trees in the community. Dime sized hail was also reported. |
| March 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockton | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down, blocking Highway 21, in the front of the Stockton Post Office. |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockton | $8,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew down trees and power lines just north of Stockton. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockton | $8,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down near Stockton. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockton | $5,000 | High winds downed trees. |
| November 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockton | $5,000 | High winds downed trees and power lines along CR 21. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockton | $5,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees near Stockton. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockton | $3,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees near Highway 59 and Shady Lane. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockton | $1,500 | Several trees and power lines were blown down near a boat landing west of the Stockton community. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockton | $1,000 | Several trees were blown across Highway 225 in Stockton. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockton | $1,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in and around Stockton. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockton | $500 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockton | - | High winds downed trees along I-65N near MM 31. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockton | - | Trees blocking the roadway near AL Highway 225 and AL Highway 59. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Stockton | - | 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 1998 | Hail | Stockton | - | Nickel size hail was reported along I-65 near the Stockton exit. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Stockton | - | Dime size hail was reported in the Stockton area. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Stockton | - | Quarter size hail fell around the Stockton area. |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockton | - | Thunderstorm wind downed trees and power lines along Highway 59 north of Stockton. |
| June 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Stockton | - | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Flash Flood | Stockton | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Stockton | - | 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.
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 Stockton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3709697 | 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 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.







