Suttle, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Sprott census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36701. It stands on Holley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Suttle quadrangle. It stands 148 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Summerfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Summerfield SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Suttle quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
59 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Suttle between 1994 and 2019, burning about 546 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190908-5 |
| 6 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190912-13 |
| 12 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190912-16 |
| 12 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190912-17 |
| 31 August 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Suttle in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2012: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2003 | Hail | Suttle | $6,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported near Suttle along SR 14. |
| December 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Suttle | $4,000 | A weak tornado briefly touched down just north of the city of Suttle. The tornado was briefly on the ground as it crossed SR 14 between Suttle and Radford, in rural southeast Perry County. Several trees were snapped off or blown over along the short path. This tornado occurred at the apex of a bowing line of thunderstorms. Beginning: 32 33.208/87 11.931 Ending: 32 33.452/87 10.977 |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Suttle | $3,000 | Several trees were knocked down along County Road 6 and County Road 10 in southwest Perry county. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Suttle | $3,000 | Several trees were blown down on CR-6 along the Cahaba River. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Suttle | $2,000 | A spotter observed 75 mph winds on a hand held anemometer. Several trees were also blown down. |
| January 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Suttle | $2,000 | A barn sustained minor wind damage. A portion of its roof was peeled back and torn off and one wall was partially damaged. |
| March 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Suttle | - | A tornado touched down in rural southeast Perry County along Oscar Price Road, just northeast of Suttle. Dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted and one hunting camp mobile home was destroyed, as the tornado moved northeastward. The tornado crossed Oakmulgee Creek and moved into Northeast Dallas County, before eventually lifting in Autauga County. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Suttle | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove (historical) | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Radford | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Augustin | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Vilula | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hamburg | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Nave | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Norman | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Perryville | 6.6 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 Suttle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21196626 | 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 153614. 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.
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.







