Thach, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Athens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35620. The Survey maps it on the Elkmont quadrangle. It stands 840 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1888 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Elkmont quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Elkmont quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
78 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Thach between 1994 and 2020, burning about 565 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 47 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20150902-001 |
| 2 September 1999 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 140 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Smoking | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160914-5 |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thach in 13 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thach | $1,000,000 | A tree was blown down on a home on New Bethel Road in Elkmont. |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Thach | $20,000 | A brief tornado snapped and downed up to twenty trees at a farmstead on the west side of interstate 65 at mile marker 359. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thach | $5,000 | Numerous large trees were knocked down or snapped. Damage to a barn was reported. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thach | $5,000 | Roof damage due to thunderstorm winds was reported at the 24000 block of Mooresville Road in the Thatch community. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thach | $5,000 | A roof was peeled off of a barn. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Thach | $5,000 | Golf ball sized hail was reported along Interstate 65. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thach | $4,000 | A metal roof was peeled off of a church at 22860 Sandlin road. Trees were also knocked down in the area. Time was estimated by radar and associated with a gust front. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thach | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down onto a house on Thach Road. Time estimated by radar. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thach | - | Roof damage to a church was reported via social media. |
| November 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thach | - | Trees and power lines were knocked down near the intersection of Wooley Springs Road and Holt Road. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thach | - | A large tree was knocked down onto a car at a residence on Thach Road. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Thach | - | Quarter sized hail was reported at Mile Marker 362 on Interstate 65. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Thach | - | Heavy rainfall produced flash flooding across a couple of roads in the Thach community. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Sand Spring (historical) | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Holland Gin | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Woodfin Mill | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Locke Crossroads | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Carey | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Estaville (historical) | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Bethel | 4.0 miles | 22 |
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 Thach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21196636 | 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 153671. 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.








