Tallassee, 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. It stands on Graveyard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tallassee quadrangle. 4,763 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 390 feet above sea level.
On record in Tallassee
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Tallassee Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1992
Tallassee Millslisted 2010
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Tallassee Mills, 1844 Old Mill Road, Tallasseefederal building survey, 12 photographs
Population over time
3 figuresTallassee fell from 4,934 to 4,763 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4,934 | |
| 2010 | 4,819 | -115 (-2%) |
| 2020 | 4,763 | -56 (-1%) |
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 Tallassee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
131 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Tallassee between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,154 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 27 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 | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
| 27 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20120927-002 |
| 2 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20120902-001 |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 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 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 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 Tallassee: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharpe # 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
35 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tallassee in 35 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 22 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 3 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | 1 hurt, $85,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down or snapped off throughout Tallassee. One man suffered minor injuries when a tree landed on his moving vehicle. |
| April 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Tallassee | $45,000 | A small tornado touched down northwest of Tallassee and crossed SR 14 on a east-southeast path. The weak tornado downed trees and caused minor roof damage to several residential structures. |
| December 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | $40,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Tallassee | $38,000 | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | $20,000 | Several trees were blown down in Tallassee. Two outbuildings were heavily damaged. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | $18,000 | Some large trees were uprooted and a few of the trees landed on vehicles. A tin roof was blown off the old Hammerstone Foods Plant. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Tallassee | $8,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported on Hwy 14 east, in the eastern part of the county. |
| July 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Tallassee | $8,000 | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | $5,000 | A few power lines were knocked over near Friendship. |
| July 2005 | Lightning | Tallassee | $4,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down by state troopers near Tallassee. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down in the eastern portion of the county. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | $2,000 | Trees were blown down on CR 8 near the Friendship Community. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Tallassee | $2,000 | Hail the size of quarters was reported along SR 14 on the west side of Tallassee. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | $1,000 | A thunderstorm gust front blew a tree down onto a power line on Weldon Drive in Tallassee. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | Several trees and a few power lines were downed around the Eclectic and Tallassee areas, one of which fell on a large storage container near Kent. A roof was blown off a building on Sistrunk St in Tallassee as well. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | A few trees were uprooted across both Friendship Rd and Tallassee Highway. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in Tallassee. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | Multiple trees uprooted uprooted in the city of Tallassee. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in Tallassee. |
| December 2021 | Hail | Tallassee | - | Golf Ball size hail reported along State Route 14. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | Several trees uprooted in the city of Tallassee. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | Several trees uprooted in the town of Tallassee. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | Several trees uprooted in the town of Tallassee. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Tallassee | - | Large hail reported in the city of Tallassee. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in the city of Tallassee. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | Trees were reported down in and around the community of Friendship. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | A few trees were uprooted in and around Tallasee. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | Trees were reported down in the Friendship community. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Tallassee | - | Hail up to the size of quarters fell in Tallassee, completely covering the ground in places. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Tallassee | - | Reported in the Friendship Community. |
| January 2000 | Hail | Tallassee | - | Penny size hail was reported in Tallassee. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | Trees were reported down by thunderstorm wind near Tallassee. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Tallassee | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Tallassee | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordanville | 0.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hornsbytown | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Burlington (historical) | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Butts Mill | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Friendship | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Liberty | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Neman | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Kent | 6.4 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.
| Wikipedia article on Tallassee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79215 | 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 153643. 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.





