Waldo, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Talladega census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35160. It stands on Mump Creek. The Survey maps it on the Talladega quadrangle. 258 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 705 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWaldo fell from 283 to 258 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 283 | |
| 2020 | 258 | -25 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1890 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Talladega NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
452 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 452 fires within 5 miles of Waldo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,746 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 212 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 | 212 |
| Debris and open burning | 91 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 44 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 57 acres | National Forests in Alabama | MUMP CREEK |
| 8 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | 4-STRIKES |
| 30 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | IRONATON ROAD, AL |
| 29 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190929-5 |
| 29 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Waldo: 14 past producers, 8 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Sulfides, Silver, Sulfides. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Log Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | 1874 | |
| Parsons Mine | Aluminum, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Woodward Prospect | Gold, Silver, Sulfides | Occurrence | Gold, Silver | |
| Woodward Prospect | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Gold Log Mine | Gold, Sulfides | Past Producer | 1875 | |
| Story Mine | Gold, Sulfides | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrite | |
| Gold Log Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Jone's Limonite Banks | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Riddle's Mill Mine | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Riddle's Mill Mine | Gold | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carara | 1.4 miles | 22 | |
| Stockdale | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Woolfolk | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Chandler Springs | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Olive Circle | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Smelley | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Ironaton | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| McCannsville | 4.5 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 Waldo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65859 | 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 160790. 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.










