Claysville, Alabama
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Grant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35976. It lies near Martin Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mount Carmel quadrangle. It stands 623 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 24 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.
- 1885 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Mt Carmel quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Mt Carmel quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Mt Carmel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 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
- 1984 USGS Mt Carmel quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
54 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Claysville between 1994 and 2018, burning about 858 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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/incendiarism | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2015 | Other causes | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20150922-002 |
| 28 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 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 Claysville: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mal 1b Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
9 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Claysville in 9 storm reports between 2003 and 2017: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Claysville | $20,000 | Trees were blown down onto a RV camper and lightly damaged a Chalet. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Claysville | $1,000 | A large tree was knocked down. Time estimated based on radar. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Claysville | $500 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree at Lake Guntersville State Park. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Claysville | - | Nickel sized hail was reported near Guntersville. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Claysville | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked a tree down at the Guntersville State Park campground. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Claysville | - | Portions of Highway 227 are impassable due to a mudslide. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Claysville | - | Several trees were blown down on Preston Island. 50 mph winds were recorded in Guntersville. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Claysville | - | Large tree and several limbs blown down. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Claysville | - | several inches of water over highway 431. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North (historical) | 0.3 miles | 24 | |
| Playground Shores | 0.4 miles | 24 | |
| Pinedale Shores | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Buck Island Shores | 1.1 miles | 24 | |
| Henryville | 1.3 miles | 24 | |
| Johnson (historical) | 1.7 miles | 24 | |
| Holiday Shores | 3.6 miles | 24 | |
| Guntersville | 3.6 miles | 22 |
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 Claysville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19461024 | The 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 156187. 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.













