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Center Star, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Killen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35645. It stands on Tanyard Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wheeler Dam quadrangle. It stands 669 feet above sea level.

Center Star within Lauderdale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

98 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Center Star between 1994 and 2016, burning about 467 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 26 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 burning47
Arson/incendiarism26
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural1

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
16 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2006Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2007Natural4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lauderdale County

Storms near this place

32 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Center Star in 32 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 20 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 5 hail, 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
April 2025Tornado (EF1)Center Star$3,400,000Aerial UAV-drone data provided by Lauderdale County Emergency Management confirmed that an EF-1 tornado tracked from the Center Star area to near Pine Haven Shores.|The damage path began near County Road 107 and tracked east-southeast through the Bluewater Creek area. Numerous hardwood trees were uprooted, and a farm shed sustained roof damage near County Road 33. Additional uprooted trees were observed east of Bluewater Creek, extending through the intersection of Highway 101 and U.S. Highway 72. Sparse damage was noted north of U.S. Highway 72, approaching the Pine Haven Shores area, where the tornado dissipated.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCenter Star$5,000Large tree branches were knocked down and power outages reported in the Center Star community.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCenter Star$5,000A roof was blown off of a shop building.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindCenter Star$3,000Power lines were blown down in the Center Star community.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindCenter Star$3,000A tree was blown down onto CR 428.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCenter Star$2,000A tree was knocked down onto power lines at the 600 block of County Road 107 in Center Star. Time estimated by radar.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindCenter Star$1,000A tree was knocked down blocking one lane at CR 69.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCenter Star$1,000Tree down partially blocking the road near 2399 CR 31. Time was estimated from radar.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCenter Star$1,000A tree was knocked down at 1206 CR 107. Other trees knocked down along other portions of CR 107.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindCenter Star$1,000A severe thunderstorm downed a few trees and power lines along County Road 33 just north of Highway 72.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindCenter Star$500Powerlines were knocked down on Highway 72 in Killen.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindCenter Star$200A tree was knocked down on CR 171.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindCenter Star$200A tree was knocked down on CR 31 at CR 171 in Center Star.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCenter Star$200A tree was knocked down at 416 CR 427.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCenter Star$200A tree was knocked down at 1206 CR 107.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCenter Star$200A tree was knocked down along CR 171.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCenter Star$200A tree was knocked down at the intersection of CR 68 and CR 426.
October 2021Flash FloodCenter Star-Approximately two feet of water covering Cousins Gas Station along Highway 72 just east of Killen.
October 2021Flash FloodCenter Star-About a foot of flowing water was reported along the intersection of County Road 33 and Highway 72 just east of Killen.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindCenter Star-Power lines were also knocked down on Creekview Drive in Killen.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindCenter Star-Power lines were knocked down on CR 31 in Center Star.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCenter Star-Several trees were knocked down across the highway near the intersection of CR 33 and U.S. Highway 72.
March 2017HailCenter Star-Golf ball sized hail was reported.
March 2017HailCenter Star-Quarter sized hail was reported.
June 2011Flash FloodCenter Star-County Road 31 was closed near Center Star. Time estimated.
August 2011HailCenter Star-Quarter size hail was reported.
September 2009Flash FloodCenter Star-Two to four inches of rainfall caused flooding across portions of CR 31 near the intersection of Highway 72. A parking lot near this intersection was reported flooded also.
August 2008HailCenter Star-Golf ball size hail was reported in the Center Star community.
May 2006LightningCenter Star-A structure fire was reported due to lightning. Damages unknown.
July 2004HailCenter Star-Penny size hail reported.
August 2003Flash FloodCenter Star-county road 31 closed due to flash flooding.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindCenter Star-few trees down and power lines and power pole blown down.

Every storm recorded in Lauderdale 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
Big Oak0.7 miles17
Pinedale Acres0.8 miles17
Beach Grove (historical)1.5 miles17
Mitchelltown2.0 miles17
Antioch2.4 miles17
Houstontown2.6 miles17
Aqua Vista2.7 miles17
Marmion (historical)2.8 miles17

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 Center StarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18627414The 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 155019. 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.

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.