Yucca, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Long Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35772. It lies near Wolf Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Stevenson quadrangle.
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.
- 1886 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
59 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Yucca between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,135 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 21 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 | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Yucca: 3 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson County | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Jac 1 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Jac 16 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Jac 2 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yucca in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yucca | $5,000 | A power pole was broken along CR 91. |
| February 2025 | Flash Flood | Yucca | - | CR 491 south of Hwy 117 near Stevenson was reported flooded. Depth of water about 8-10. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yucca | - | Broad wind damage, almost exclusively to trees, was noted to the north of an EF-1 tornado track across the Stevenson and Bridgeport areas. Multiple trees were snapped an uprooted near Stevenson, particularly between the intersection of U.S. Highway 72 and County Road 137, and the intersection of U.S. Highway 72 and County Road 287. One tree snapped and fell onto a house south of County Road 137. Additional spotty tree damage was noted in downtown Stevenson west of Main Street.||Significant widespread tree damage was observed in downtown Bridgeport. Tens of large trees were snapped and uprooted, in an area extending from Highway 277, northeast to the Tennessee River, and east of Bussey Avenue. Many if not all of the trees were facing in a northeast direction. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fabius | 1.7 miles | 22 | |
| Yucca (historical) | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Old Fabius | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Hymer (historical) | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| Pinder Hill | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| Wannville | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Cedar Grove | 4.2 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157290. 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.










