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Webb, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dothan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36376. The Survey maps it on the Headland quadrangle. 1,270 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 279 feet above sea level.

Webb within Houston County

Population over time

2 figures

Webb fell from 1,430 to 1,270 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,430
20201,270-160 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

43 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Webb between 1995 and 2020, burning about 300 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2000Natural14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2007Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200726-1
16 July 2002Arson/incendiarism5.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20120710-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Webb: 13 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Harbison-Walker Refractories PitAluminumPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Houston County

Storms near this place

29 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Webb in 29 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 21 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1999Thunderstorm WindWebb$25,000Houston County EMA reported a home with roof damage and numerous downed trees and power lines.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindWebb$20,000Trees and power lines down on U.S. Highway 27. A cattle trailer was blown over and a barn was damaged. Reported by the Houston County EMA.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindWebb$15,000The porch of a house as well as a barn completely collapsed. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWebb$10,000Power lines were blown down around Webb including 5 broken power poles near Peacock Road.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindWebb$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down in Webb. One large tree fell on two circuit poles near a power substation causing an extended power outage in the area. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWebb$5,000Several trees were blown down in the city of Webb near Highway 52 East. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindWebb$2,000A fence was damaged in Webb.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWebb$1,000A tree was blown down in Webb near SR-52.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindWebb$500A tree was blown down at 1900 Jimbo Road.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWebb$500An oak tree was blown down across Peacock Road.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindWebb$500A tree was blown down at the 7000 block of Highway 52 East.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindWebb-A tree was blown down.
February 2024Flash FloodWebb-There were numerous sections of SR-52 flooded between Columbia and Dothan. The water depth was just under 1 foot deep in the worst sections.
February 2024Flash FloodWebb-Main Street in Webb was flooded with water up to 1 foot deep.
February 2024Flash FloodWebb-Water was over a foot deep with water over the tires on a car in Webb near the Dollar General. The nearby park and roadway were also flooded.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindWebb-A tree was blown down at Bill Yance Road across both lanes in Webb.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindWebb-A tree was blown down in Webb.
September 2023Flash FloodWebb-Water was covering a roadway in the Webb area.
March 2022Flash FloodWebb-A photo posted on Twitter showed flooding on Webb Road.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindWebb-The public reported via social media that a tree was snapped along Furnie Folks Road.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindWebb-Multiple trees were blown down around Webb.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindWebb-Numerous trees were blown down.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindWebb-A tree was blown down on Furnie Folks Road at Highway 52.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindWebb-Trees were blown down on Ludlam Road.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindWebb-Numerous trees were snapped near Webb.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWebb-A few trees were down.
July 2004HailWebb-Quarter size hail reported by a WDHN-TV meteorologist.
June 1997HailWebb-Dime sized hail was reported by county EMA.
March 2011HailWebb-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Houston County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Seminole Heights2.2 miles7
Pearce2.5 miles7
Barber2.7 miles7
Enon3.1 miles9
Smyrna3.3 miles9
North Cowarts3.3 miles9
Pleasant Plains3.8 miles7
Sigma4.3 miles7

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 WebbAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q67381The 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 128676. 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.

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.