Talucah, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Laceys Spring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35775. It lies near John Black Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Triana quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1888 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Triana quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Triana quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Triana quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Triana quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
74 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Talucah between 1994 and 2019, burning about 617 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-41 |
| 28 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge | FM 98-7 |
| 24 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160924-9 |
| 22 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge | FM 98-6 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Talucah in 6 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2015 | Flash Flood | Talucah | $15,000 | Between 12 and 24 inches of water rushed into a home on Wanda Drive in the Lacey's Spring area in Madison county, with flash flooding occurring. The home suffered flooding damage. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talucah | $13,000 | Several trees were knocked down or uprooted at this location. Aerial damage was evident to some barnlike structures. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talucah | $5,000 | Half of a metal roof was blown off of a metal barn structure at this location. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talucah | $2,000 | A tree was downed onto a power line by strong thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Talucah | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported in Talucha. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Talucah | - | Areal flooding persisted on fields and some roadways through the 6th. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valhermoso Springs | 3.9 miles | 23 | |
| Winton | 4.1 miles | 24 | |
| Bluff City | 4.3 miles | 24 | |
| Echols Crossroads | 5.1 miles | 24 | |
| Laceys Spring | 5.3 miles | 23 | |
| Woodland Mills | 5.7 miles | 20 | |
| Rocky Point | 5.9 miles | 24 | |
| Union | 7.1 miles | 20 |
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 Q122552087 | 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 157142. 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.










