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Citronelle, Alabama

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Citronelle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36522. The Survey maps it on the Citronelle East quadrangle. 3,946 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 310 feet above sea level.

Citronelle within Mobile County

On record in Citronelle

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 5 records

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Citronelle grew from 3,905 to 3,946 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
20103,905
20203,946+41 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

205 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Citronelle between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,275 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 89 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/incendiarism89
Debris and open burning64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking1
Other causes1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
5 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190905-3
4 September 2015Arson/incendiarism37 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150904-002
3 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 45 SOUTH, AL
22 September 2006Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1996Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission10370 THREATT LANE, AL
30 August 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Storms near this place

54 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Citronelle in 54 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 24 thunderstorm wind, 22 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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
May 2008Thunderstorm WindCitronelle$100,000no account filed
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Citronelle$30,000Brief tornado touchdown in the city of Citronelle. Roofs were damaged on a few single-wide manufactured homes with minor roof damage to a few single-family wood frame homes. Some trees were twisted off near the tops. A section of metal roofing was removed from one unit of the Wahoo Apartments on South Center Street.
June 2005LightningCitronelle$10,000Lightning struck a large oil barrel tank and set it on fire. The fire spread to five other tanks and they were also destroyed. No injuries were reported.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindCitronelle$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down near Citronelle by high winds from a thunderstorm.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindCitronelle$8,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees just west of Citronelle.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindCitronelle$5,000Winds estimated at 70 mph downed several trees.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindCitronelle$5,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees and power lines.
April 2003HailCitronelle$5,000Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported near Citronelle. Some of the large hail damaged several vehicles. The large hail also damaged several homeowners roofs. A few trees were also blown down.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindCitronelle$5,000High winds blew trees down north of Citronelle.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindCitronelle$5,000Trees were reported blown down by thunderstorm winds just to the north of Citronelle.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindCitronelle$5,000Trees were blown down in the community by thunderstorm winds.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindCitronelle$5,000High winds blew several trees down north of Citronelle.
April 2005HailCitronelle$4,000Golfball size hail fell from a thunderstorm near Citronelle. The large hail damaged several vehicles.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCitronelle$2,000High winds downed two large trees.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindCitronelle$2,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees on Prine Road.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindCitronelle$2,000Several large tree limbs along with power lines were blown down in the city of Citronelle.
December 1995Thunderstorm WindCitronelle$2,000Several trees and power lines were blown down just west of Citronelle.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindCitronelle$1,500Several trees were blown down in Citronelle.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCitronelle$1,500Trees and power lines were blown down around the city of Citronelle.
January 1997Thunderstorm WindCitronelle$1,500no account filed
January 1997Thunderstorm WindCitronelle$1,500no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindCitronelle$1,500no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindCitronelle$1,000Several trees were blown down east of the Citronelle community.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindCitronelle$500Several trees were blown down in north Mobile County near Citronelle.
March 2025Tornado (EF1)Citronelle-The tornado touched down along County Road 96 near Meinhardt Loop Road West, where a few trees had their tops snapped. The tornado continued to the northeast into an area that ground survey crews could not get to between the start point and Sam Lewis Road. This stretch was likely where the tornado peaked in intensity as Sentinel 2 and Planet satellite imagery depicted substantial damage to several segments of the forest likely in the form of tree snaps and uproots. It is also in this stretch the tornado peaked in width reaching close to 200 yards wide. The tornado weakened based on satellite imagery and ground survey crew as the tornado crossed Sam Lewis Road where a metal outbuilding lost its roof and had its walls collapsed inward. No other damage was observed in this location, leading to a lower rating at this location. The tornado continued to the northeast, crossing into Washington County, where more trees were damaged along the path visible via satellite imagery. The tornado appears to have lifted west of Sandy Ridge Road based on available satellite imagery. Further adjustments in track length, width, and intensity are likely in the coming days or weeks as higher resolution satellite imagery becomes available.||Utilized imagery and derived products made available through the NASA Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, and the NASA Disasters Program.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCitronelle-High winds downed a tree on a residence.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindCitronelle-High winds blew a roof off of a house near the 4 way stop on Prine Road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCitronelle-High winds downed tree limbs and damaged siding on a house.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindCitronelle-Winds estimated near 60 mph along Highway 43 at Mobile Washington County line.
March 2011Flash FloodCitronelle-Heavy rain caused flooded roadways in Lambert.
March 2009Flash FloodCitronelle-Heavy rains flooded numerous streets in Citronelle.
March 2009Flash FloodCitronelle-Slow moving thunderstorms produced 3 to 5 inches of rain that flooded many roads in Citronelle.
February 2007HailCitronelle-A severe thunderstorm produced penny sized hail in Citronelle.
June 2007Flash FloodCitronelle-Heavy rains of 4 to 6 inches caused flooding around Citronelle and other parts of northwest Mobile county. Several roads in the area had to be closed for about an hour due to the high water.
May 2000HailCitronelle-A thunderstorm produced quarter sized hail just southeast of Citronelle along County Road 41 near the community of Turnerville.
August 2000HailCitronelle-Golfball sized hail was reported in the community as a thunderstorm moved through the area.
January 1998HailCitronelle-Dime size hail was reported just west of Citronelle.
May 1998HailCitronelle-Dime size hail was reported just east of Citronelle.
April 1998HailCitronelle-Dime size hail was reported just north of Citronelle.
June 1997HailCitronelle-Dime size hail was reported in the Citronelle community.
April 1997HailCitronelle-Dime size hail was reported in the northwest part of Mobile county on Lott road.
July 1995HailCitronelle-Dime-size hail was reported around Citronelle.
June 2014HailCitronelle-no account filed
March 2011HailCitronelle-no account filed
March 2011HailCitronelle-no account filed
April 2010HailCitronelle-no account filed
May 2009HailCitronelle-no account filed
May 2009HailCitronelle-no account filed
January 2009HailCitronelle-no account filed
October 2007Flash FloodCitronelle-no account filed
April 2003HailCitronelle-no account filed
May 1996HailCitronelle-no account filed
December 1996HailCitronelle-no account filed
March 1996HailCitronelle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mobile 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
Sidney1.6 miles16
Russell2.4 miles16
Scoutshire Woods3.9 miles16
Lambert4.7 miles16
Lambert Grove5.0 miles16
Pineola6.6 miles16
Gulfcrest6.6 miles21
Stage Coach Woods9.3 miles16

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 CitronelleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79480The 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 116155. 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.