Stroud, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Five Points census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36855. The Survey maps it on the Five Points quadrangle. It stands 846 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1899 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Five Points quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
156 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Stroud between 1994 and 2020, burning about 819 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 30 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 | 68 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190929-7 |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190927-20 |
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-26 |
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-29 |
| 23 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180923-3 |
| 23 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 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 Stroud: 1 occurrence. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R.I.Beckem Property | Iron, Manganese | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stroud in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2006: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stroud | $65,000 | Several trees were blown down or snapped off near the intersection of CR 236 and CR 237. One roof was peeled off a building. Several other homes suffered minor damage. |
| January 2006 | Hail | Stroud | $2,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported just east of the Stroud community. The hail continued to fall all the way to the Georgia state-line. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stroud | $2,000 | A few trees were blown down. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Stroud | - | Reported on Highway 434 from Five Points to Stroud. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Stroud | - | Penny size hail was observed near the Stroud community. This was the second large hailproducing storm to affect areas near Stroud within an hour. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Stroud | - | Penny size hail was reported near the Stroud community. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cumbee Mill | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Welch | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Finley | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Five Points | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Doublehead | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Standing Rock | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Fredonia | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| White Plains | 5.6 miles | 13 |
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 Stroud | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21196623 | 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 127474. 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.






