Brodbeck-Zundel Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

From the record

One of 61 National Register listings published here for Baldwin County · listed in 1988 · category: District.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Listed as. Brodbeck--Zundel Historic District - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. US 98 Scenic Route and Old Marlow Rd., Point Clear, 36532
When was it listed? April 1988
Category. district
Census division. Fairhope
National Register reference number. 88000520 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

39 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Brodbeck-Zundel Historic District between 1995 and 2018, burning about 256 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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	22
Arson/incendiarism	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
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
5 September 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2000	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
7 August 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20180807-3
4 August 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160804-2
31 July 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	SWR-20140801-002
19 July 2002	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
16 July 2002	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 June 1995	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Brodbeck-Zundel Historic District: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Dand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Unnamed Quarry	Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Clay, Quartz

Every working recorded in Baldwin County

Storms near this property

11 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Point Clear, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 3 tornado, 3 waterspout, 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
August 2022	Lightning	Point Clear	$20,000	Lightning struck a house and caused damage.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Point Clear	$5,000	Severe thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees along Wood Acres Road.
October 2022	Tornado (EF0)	Point Clear	-	A very brief EF0 tornado with peak winds of around 85mph touched\|down off of Scenic Highway 98 by James Lowe Lane in southwestern\|Baldwin County. The tornado uprooted a hardwood tree, shifted a\|wooden carport off its holding blocks, and shifted a loaded\|trailer approximately 20 feet from its resting position at this\|location. Damage was confirmed to be from a tornado thanks to\|video by local residents. Sporadic wind damage was observed in\|the surrounding area, and it is possible the tornado began before\|this point and continued further north, but limited access to\|roads made it difficult to assess.
March 2022	Tornado (EF0)	Point Clear	-	A brief EF0 tornado began near Grass Road and tracked northeast, crossing Calloway\|Drive. The tornado lifted by the time it reached Provencher Road just south of\|County Road 32. The tornado produced sporadic pine tree damage along its path.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Point Clear	-	High winds downed power poles near the intersection of CR 13 and CR 32.
March 2014	Flood	Point Clear	-	Heavy rain caused flooding west of the intersection CR 32 and Hwy 181.
September 2002	Flash Flood	Point Clear	-	Heavy rains caused temporary street flooding around Point Clear. Several roads in the area became impassable and had to be closed for about half an hour. The water quickly drained when the rain stopped.
August 2001	Waterspout	Point Clear	-	A large waterspout was observed over Mobile Bay, just west of Point Clear. The spout dissipated over the bay.
June 2000	Waterspout	Point Clear	-	A waterspout was observed over the bay, west of Point Clear. The waterspout dissipated over the water.
July 1999	Tornado (F0)	Point Clear	-	A waterspout moved ashore near Point Clear and quickly dissipated over land. No damage was found.
July 1999	Waterspout	Point Clear	-	A waterspout was observed over Mobile Bay just offshore of Point Clear. The waterspout moved ashore near Point Clear and quickly dissipated causing no damage.

Every storm recorded in Baldwin County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Point Clear Historic District	0.7 miles	1988
Street House	1.4 miles	1988
Battles Wharf Historic District	1.4 miles	1988
Twin Beach AME Church	2.0 miles	1988
American Legion Post 199	2.7 miles	2018
Lebanon Chapel AME Church	3.1 miles	1988

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 88000520 in Record Group 79.
Baldwin County	All 61 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.