Tabor, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lookout Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35904. It stands on Mud Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Keener quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1893 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Roden Gap quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Keener quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
139 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Tabor between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,450 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 56 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 | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Tabor: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Warrior River Manganese Pros. | Manganese | Occurrence | Pyrolusite, Wad | |
| Campbell Gap Manganese Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Citico Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| Leeth Mt. Area | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| Taylor Branch Hollow | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite |
Storms near this place
9 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tabor in 9 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tabor | $3,000 | A roof was blown off of a barn and several trees were downed on Blackwell Road. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tabor | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down in the Tabor Road Community. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Tabor | - | Golf ball size hail fell in Keener. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tabor | - | Several trees uprooted along Tabor Road. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tabor | - | Several trees uprooted in the Black Creek Community. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tabor | - | Winds were estimated to be 70 mph in the Black Creek Area, with power outages. |
| March 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Tabor | - | A tornado touched down in a heavily wooded area near the top of the ridge that forms Lookout Mountain in northeast Etowah County. The tornado was photographed by a person in southwest Cherokee County and observed by several people on the west side of the ridge. Besides trees, no other damage occurred since it was in an extremely remote area.Beg: 34 08.438/85 52.998 End: 34 08.935/85 51.960 |
| March 2012 | Hail | Tabor | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Tabor | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keener | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Greenwood | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Black Creek | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Bath Springs | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Scrougeout | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Yancy | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Lay Springs | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Wilsonia | 3.6 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 127629. 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.









