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Austinville, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Decatur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35601. The Survey maps it on the Trinity quadrangle.

Austinville within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

46 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Austinville between 1995 and 2019, burning about 351 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
7 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20150908-001
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20120703-005
29 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20150630-003
29 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20150701-001
25 May 2016Debris and open burning7.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160525-3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Austinville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Plant 1 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

12 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Austinville in 12 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2007Thunderstorm WindAustinville$1,000,000Powerlines were blown down at the intersection of Highway 31 and Kayo Road in the Decatur area.
August 2020LightningAustinville$10,000A school official reported a lightning strike damaged Austin Middle School in Decatur. From photos on social media, it appears siding from a brick tower at the front of the building was significantly damaged. A window was also shattered by falling debris. A newspaper reported that a radio link antenna was damaged, broken windows, and roof damage from falling bricks.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindAustinville$8,000Trees were blown down.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindAustinville$6,000Trees were reported blown down near the intersection of Danville Road and the Beltline in southwest Decatur. Time was estimated by radar.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindAustinville$3,000A large tree was blown down.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAustinville$2,000A tree was knocked down onto a car on Puckett Street SW in Decatur. Time estimated by radar.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindAustinville$1,000Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down at Sims Street at Spring Avenue SW.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindAustinville$500A tree limb was knocked down at this location.
March 2021Flash FloodAustinville-Betty Street (1700-block) SW has significant water over the roadway. Depth estimated at one foot or more.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindAustinville-Trees were knocked down and blocking the road at James Street and Austinville Road.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindAustinville-A traffic light was knocked down at the intersection of Danville Road and Carridale Street in Decatur.
May 2010Flash FloodAustinville-A house was reported flooded on Danville road. Exact location was estimated.

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Simpson0.7 miles15
Griffin Addition1.1 miles15
Russell Village1.3 miles25
Oakworth1.5 miles25
Moulton Heights1.6 miles15
Fairview2.0 miles25
Sherwood Estates2.0 miles15
West Decatur2.1 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 113297. 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.