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Ardmore, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Athens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35739. The Survey maps it on the Ardmore quadrangle. 1,321 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 883 feet above sea level.

Ardmore within Limestone County

On record in Ardmore

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

Population over time

2 figures

Ardmore grew from 1,194 to 1,321 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,194
20201,321+127 (+11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

69 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Ardmore between 1994 and 2020, burning about 637 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 burning31
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresTennessee Division of ForestrySCHIP LANE
28 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Limestone County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ardmore: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Ardmore QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerLimestone
Ardmore QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Limestone County

Storms near this place

32 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ardmore in 32 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 15 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 3 flash flood. The reports record 2 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
May 1998Thunderstorm WindArdmore1 hurt, $50,000A person was injured when his mobile home was overturned and destroyed during a thunderstorm.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindArdmore1 hurt, $8,000Numerous trees were reported down along with power lines in Ardmore. A teenage girl was injured when a tree fell on her.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindArdmore$20,000A roof was blown off a home 7 miles south of Ardmore. The home was located on SR 251.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindArdmore$20,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindArdmore$16,000Several trees were blown down in and around Ardmore, especially on Main Street.
March 1996HailArdmore$10,000no account filed
March 2011HailArdmore$5,000Public report via broadcast media of three inch diameter hail.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindArdmore$5,000no account filed
February 1997Thunderstorm WindArdmore$5,000no account filed
November 2005Thunderstorm WindArdmore$3,000A porch to a home was slightly damaged by thunderstorm winds.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindArdmore$2,000Trees and power lines were knocked down in Ardmore dur to outflow gust front winds. Time estimated by radar.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindArdmore$500Three inch diameter trees were knocked down. Wind gusts were estimated at 60 to 70 mph.
September 2021Flash FloodArdmore-Occupants of a vehicle rescued from a flooded ditch at Park Avenue in Ardmore, AL.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindArdmore-One inch tree limbs were broken and roof shingles were blown off. Reported via mPING.
February 2019HailArdmore-Numerous reports of pea to penny sized hail was received in Ardmore.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindArdmore-Several trees and power lines were knocked down in Ardmore and in the Seven Mile Post area.
March 2017HailArdmore-Golf ball sized hail was reported via social media.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindArdmore-A large tree was knocked down on Cedar Hill Road.
October 2014HailArdmore-Quarter sized hail was reported.
March 2012HailArdmore-Golf ball sized hail was reported.
December 2009Flash FloodArdmore-Three to five inches of rainfall produced caused some roads to be closed across central Limestone county. Some of the roads closed included: Wooley Spring road, Norris Mill road, Line road, and Cowford road. Other roads affected included: Parker, Bethel, Meyers, Seven Mile Post, and Capshaw road.
July 2008HailArdmore-Penny sized hail was reported near Ardmore.
April 2005HailArdmore-Quarter size hail was reported.
April 2005HailArdmore-Quarter size hail was reported.
March 2004Flash FloodArdmore-The underpass at highway 53 and Tennessee highway 7 on the state line was reported to be under water with several inches of water over the road.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindArdmore-A tree and a few power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindArdmore-numerous trees and power lines down.
April 2002HailArdmore-Nickel size hail was observed just south of Ardmore. One home suffered minor roof damage from the thunderstorm winds.
April 2002HailArdmore-Dime size hail was reported near the Pisgah community, south of Ardmore on SR 251.
April 2002HailArdmore-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported in and around the city of Ardmore.
May 1998HailArdmore-Dime size hail was reported in Ardmore.
May 1995HailArdmore-Softball-size hail was reported just south of Salem in western Limestone County. Trees were also reported down in Cairo, also in western Limestone County. Golf ball-size hail was reported in northwest Limestone County not far from the Madison/Limestone county line.

Every storm recorded in Limestone 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
Cedar Hill1.8 miles22
Estaville (historical)2.2 miles20
Pine Dale2.3 miles22
Holland Gin2.9 miles20
Caro (historical)4.1 miles22
Bethel4.3 miles22
Woodfin Mill4.3 miles20
Sand Spring (historical)5.0 miles22

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 ArdmoreAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q67910The 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 113204. 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.