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Sturdivant, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dadeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36861. It stands on Sturdivant Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jacksons Gap quadrangle.

Sturdivant within Tallapoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

135 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Sturdivant between 1994 and 2020, burning about 716 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 37 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 burning56
Arson/incendiarism37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190908-7
29 September 2001Recreation and ceremony20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190831-2
30 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140830-001
26 August 2000Natural1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tallapoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sturdivant: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Al King MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Alabama King MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Bonner-Terrell MineGoldPast ProducerGold
Duncan ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
Duncan ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Franklin MineGoldOccurrenceGold
Preacher Gunn ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold

Every working recorded in Tallapoosa County

Storms near this place

5 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sturdivant in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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
July 2017LightningSturdivant1 hurtPerson struck by lightning and taken to to local hospital.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindSturdivant$25,000A boat house on the Tallapoosa River, near the US-280 bridge, was substantially damaged.
June 2025LightningSturdivant$10,000Lightning struck a tall poplar tree at Camp Ascca, causing the tree to disintegrate. The strike entered the dining hall, causing extensive damage to electrical appliances and fire/water damage to the structure.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindSturdivant-Multiple trees were blown down on the east side of Alexander City.
April 2008HailSturdivant-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tallapoosa 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
Lake Hill Estates1.8 miles12
Midway1.9 miles11
River Bend2.2 miles12
Jacksons Gap2.7 miles11
Russell Ferry Estates2.9 miles11
Greenbriar3.1 miles12
Flint Hill3.2 miles12
Andrew Jackson3.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157120. 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.