Tallapoosa City, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Tallassee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36078. The Survey maps it on the Carrville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1906 USGS Dadeville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Carrville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
135 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Tallapoosa City between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,341 acres in total. None started naturally. 38 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 | 50 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2017 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170908-1 |
| 25 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160924-12 |
| 2 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20120902-001 |
| 18 September 2000 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tallapoosa City: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac 5 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Sharpe # 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tallapoosa City in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallapoosa City | 1 hurt | Several trees uprooted and fell on a home. |
| September 2018 | Lightning | Tallapoosa City | $250,000 | Large home on Greenwood Road destroyed by fire started by lightning. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallapoosa City | $3,000 | The top of a utility building was blown off. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Tallapoosa City | - | Two inch size hail reported near Elam Baptist Church. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallapoosa City | - | Several trees uprooted around the town of Tallassee. |
| January 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallapoosa City | - | Trees were uprooted near the intersection of Highway 49 and West Gantt Mills Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrville | 1.1 miles | 11 | |
| Buckville | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Smith | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Reeltown | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Liberty City | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Church Hill (historical) | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Cherokee Bluffs | 9.5 miles | 11 | |
| Union | 10.2 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122545792 | 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 137540. 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.





