Terrytown, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Town Creek-Courtland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35618. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Masterson Mill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1936 USGS Masterson quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Masterson quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Masterson quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
154 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Terrytown between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,343 acres in total. None started naturally. 68 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 | 68 |
| Debris and open burning | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20150923-002 |
| 23 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160917-4 |
| 15 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Terrytown in 3 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1996 | Flash Flood | Terrytown | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terrytown | $1,000 | Power lines were knocked down on CR 150. |
| September 2024 | Flood | Terrytown | - | A man was rescued from flood waters at the intersection of CR 150 and CR 257. This is near a small creek that feeds into nearby Big Nance Creek. Depth of water estimated at 2-3 feet. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigdom | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Courtland Downs | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| North Courtland | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Courtland | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Rocky Hill | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Loosier | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Terry Heights | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Rocky Hill (historical) | 4.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 127775. 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.







