Centerville, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Vinemont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35179. The Survey maps it on the Falkville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1888 USGS Cullman quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Cullman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1927 USGS Falkville quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Falkville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Falkville quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
112 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Centerville between 1997 and 2019, burning about 752 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 18 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 | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160924-16 |
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20140924-002 |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190922-21 |
| 22 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190922-11 |
| 19 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 48 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Centerville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacon Quarry No. 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Centerville in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | $5,000 | Trees were knocked down on County Road 1282 near Interstate 65 in West Point. Numberous power outages were reported. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down along Interstate 65 at Lacon Mountain. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down blocking the roadway at the intersection of CR 1225 and CR 1233. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree across county road 1261. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | $100 | Thunderstorm winds estimated to around 50 mph knocked down small tree limbs along County Road 1282 northwest of Folsom Field. |
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | - | Multiple trees were downed by thunderstorm winds along Highway 31 near the Cullman and Morgan County, Alabama line. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Centerville | - | Rainfall total as of 7:15pm observation: 10.79 inches. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Centerville | - | A short-lived tornado touched down nearly 4 miles northeast of West point and tracked northeast across Interstate 65 just north of the County Road 1282 overpass. The tornado snapped and uprooted trees along County Road 1282, with smaller trees damaged along County Road 1264 just west of Interstate 65. The damaged continued east of Interstate 65 along County Road 1282 where several trees were snapped and uprooted and a porch of a house was damaged. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longview | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| West Point | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| North Vinemont | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Battleground | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Vinemont | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Southern Pines | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| South Vinemont | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Pine Hill | 4.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 115878. 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.









