Titus, Alabama
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Titus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36080. It stands on Dunlap Creek. The Survey maps it on the Holtville quadrangle. It stands 466 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1901 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Elmore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Elmore NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Holtville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
112 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Titus between 1994 and 2019, burning about 668 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 17 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 | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 93 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160923-21 |
| 17 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20140917-001 |
| 16 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190912-5 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Titus in 16 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Titus | $600,000 | The supercell remained very strong over Elmore County. A large swath of wind and hail damage occurred across the county. Numerous trees were blown down from near Titus to near Tallassee. Hail was observed up to 2.50 inches in diameter. Funnel clouds and a roaring sound accompanied the storm. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Titus | $20,000 | One home had its roof blown off in Titus. Several trees were blown down across the county. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Titus | $12,900 | A tornado touched down approximately 0.7 miles northeast of Titus, west of Grays Ferry Road in Elmore County. The tornado then moved northeast where it crossed Grays Ferry Road. Four barns were damaged and nearby outbuildings sustained roof damage. A carport also sustained damage, along with the cars that were parked under it. The tornado lifted in a wooded area east of Grays Ferry Road. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Titus | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down near the intersection of CR-29 and US-231. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Titus | $2,000 | Trees were blown down on Jackson Trace Road. |
| December 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Titus | $1,000 | A tree was reported down along Law Road east of Welona. |
| December 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Titus | $1,000 | A tree was reported down along Tyler Road 2 miles southwest of Titus. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Titus | - | Trees were downed in the Titus area. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Titus | - | Two inch hail reported in the city of Titus. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Titus | - | Multiple trees uprooted in Titus. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Titus | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in the Titus community. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Titus | - | Quarter size hail reported in the Lightwood Community. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Titus | - | Several trees uprooted along County Road 29. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Titus | - | Several trees uprooted and power outages in the town of Titus. |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Titus | - | Portions of River Road closed due to flowing water. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Titus | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weoka Mills | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Buyck | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Lightwood | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Ten Cedars Estates | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Coosa River | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Holtville | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Riddle | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Weoka | 7.1 miles | 16 |
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 Titus | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14679528 | 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 128000. 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.









