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Clintonville, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Enterprise census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36351. The Survey maps it on the New Brockton quadrangle. It stands 436 feet above sea level.

Clintonville within Coffee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

53 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Clintonville between 1994 and 2017, burning about 292 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
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
6 September 1999Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2011Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission11367 HWY 84, AL
30 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coffee County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Clintonville: 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cof 3 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Eley MineGoldPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Coffee County

Storms near this place

10 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clintonville in 10 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
June 2012Thunderstorm WindClintonville1 hurt, $750Thunderstorm wind gusts tore the roof off a temporary structure at the Bama Jam, injuring one person.
July 2007LightningClintonville1 hurtA man suffered minor injuries when he was struck by lightning while working in his metal garage.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindClintonville$2,000The roof was blown off a shed on County Road 266. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindClintonville$1,000A tree was blown down along Highway 167 near mile marker 45. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindClintonville-A tree was blown down along Highway 167 near Highway 51.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindClintonville-Trees were blown down and blocking the road on County Road 166.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindClintonville-A sign was blown over on Highway 167.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindClintonville-There were several reports of trees down.
December 2012Funnel CloudClintonville-The public spotted a funnel cloud near Clintonville. However, it was too far away at the time to determine if it was touching down or not. This storm eventually went on to produce a tornado in northwest Dale county extending into Pike county.
March 2023HailClintonville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Coffee 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
New Brockton2.4 miles11
Gateway Estates2.6 miles12
Tabernacle3.3 miles12
Richburg3.6 miles11
Boland Acres3.9 miles12
Clubview Estates4.4 miles12
Shell Heights4.5 miles12
Country Club Meadows4.5 miles12

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 ClintonvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22058420The 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 116274. 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.