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Abernant, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Abernant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35490. It stands on Rockcastle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Abernant quadrangle. 12,906 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 466 feet above sea level.

Abernant within Tuscaloosa County

On record in Abernant

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

168 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Abernant between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,302 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 62 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/incendiarism62
Debris and open burning54
Recreation and ceremony15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks1

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
9 September 1995Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1999Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Abernant: 3 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
GilesIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Tuscaloosa County

Storms near this place

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Abernant in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 3 injuries. 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
November 2002Tornado (F2)Abernant3 hurt, $300,000no account filed
June 2002LightningAbernant$40,000A probable lightning strike burst a home into flames. The fire completely destroyed the home near Abernant. No injuries were reported.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindAbernant$5,000Several trees were knocked down on Johns Road and Abernant Ball Park Road.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindAbernant$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down on Joy Drive, just southeast of Abernant.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindAbernant$2,000A tree fell onto a power line, south of Abernant.
November 2001Tornado (F0)Abernant$1,000A supercell thunderstorm produced a very brief F0 tornado near mile marker 100 on Interstate 59. The tornado was spotted by numerous individuals and storm spotters a quarter to half mile east of Exit 100 on Interstate 59. The tornado only briefly touched down at 12:37 pm in a rural area with little or no damage. Beg: 33 16.848/87 05.529 End: 33 16.967/87 05.319
June 2019Thunderstorm WindAbernant-Several trees uprooted and power lines downed on Mountain View Lane.
September 2014Flash FloodAbernant-Highway 216 is closed at the intersection of Abernant Loop due to flooding.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindAbernant-Several trees uprooted on Rockhouse Road.
May 2003HailAbernant-Nickel size hail was observed in Abernant.
November 1994HailAbernant-Half-inch hail was reported on the southside of Tuscaloosa near intersection of 82 and 20. A transformer was reportedly blown off a power pole at the airport. Quarter to half-inch hail was reported in Abernant.
March 2013HailAbernant-no account filed
March 2011HailAbernant-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tuscaloosa 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
Yolande1.2 miles19
Pattersontown1.7 miles19
Million Dollar Lake Estates3.0 miles19
Lake View3.3 miles19
Chambers4.0 miles19
Cloester Valley4.2 miles20
Chamblee4.2 miles19
Caffee Junction4.5 miles19

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 AbernantAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q12887001The 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 112892. 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.