Welti, Alabama
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Welti census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35055. It stands on Goodson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Simcoe quadrangle. It stands 718 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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 Cullman quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Cullman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Simcoe quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Welti between 1994 and 2019, burning about 182 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160908-9 |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160920-3 |
| 15 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160915-8 |
| 29 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 401 CO RD 744, AL |
| 22 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 722 CO RD 750, AL |
| 21 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Welti in 9 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Welti | $2,000 | Trees were knocked down along CR 643. An awning was also blown off of a mobile home. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Welti | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were knocked down at CR 747 at CR 703. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Welti | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down two ten-year old trees at a residence. Pea-sized hail was also reported. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Welti | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down at the intersection of CR 747 and CR 730. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Welti | $1,000 | A large tree was knocked down onto County Road 747. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Welti | $100 | Small tree limbs were blown down along CR 730 and CR 747 in the Welti community. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Welti | - | County Road 703 bridge near Hanceville is under water. Road is closed at this time. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Welti | - | A brief tornado touched down near the junction of County Road 749 and County Road 747 just south of the Welti Community. The tornado moved to the southeast where it uprooted several trees and destroyed a small shed. It crossed County Road 747 and uprooted a few more trees before lifting east of County Road 747 near Glasscock Creek. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Welti | - | Damaging straight-line winds knocked down trees along a narrow path across east-central Cullman County. At this location, a tree was knocked down on a home along County Road 703. No injuries were reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walkers Corner | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Berlin | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| North Walter | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Center Hill | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Walter | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| White City | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Bolte | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Wesoda | 3.7 miles | 18 |
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 Welti | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18378482 | 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 153923. 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.







