Woodland, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Woodland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36280. The Survey maps it on the Wedowee quadrangle. 221 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,089 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWoodland grew from 184 to 221 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 | 184 | |
| 2020 | 221 | +37 (+20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1899 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
159 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Woodland between 1994 and 2019, burning about 820 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 33 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 | 74 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2010 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160905-4 |
| 29 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160923-12 |
| 23 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO.RD.59, AL |
| 2 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190916-10 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodland in 16 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Lightning | Woodland | $60,000 | Lightning struck a home in the Woodland community on County Road 464. The subsequent fire burned the house down to the ground. The residents of the home were able to escape without injury. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodland | $10,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down near the city of Woodland. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodland | $2,000 | A few small trees were blown down. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodland | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down in the northeast part of Randolph County. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodland | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodland | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodland | $500 | A few trees were downed in the Woodland area. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodland | - | Numerous trees uprooted and power lines downed in the community of Woodlands. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodland | - | Several trees uprooted in the town of Woodland. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Woodland | - | Quarter sized hail reported near the town of Woodland. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodland | - | Woodland High School lunchroom roof lifted off along with numerous trees uprooted and power lines downed in the town of Woodland. Trees uprooted across Randolph County. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Woodland | - | Penny size hail was observed in the Woodland area. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Woodland | - | Dime size hail was reported near Woodland. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Woodland | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Woodland | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Woodland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Curt | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Liberty Grove | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Providence | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Cambridge | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Rocky Branch | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| New Hope | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Peace | 3.6 miles | 10 |
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 Woodland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q66886 | 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 129193. 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.






