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Corinth, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Jones Chapel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35179. It lies near Bugaboo Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Massey quadrangle. It stands 1,010 feet above sea level.

Corinth within Cullman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

83 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Corinth between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,112 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 39 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/incendiarism39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNational Forests in AlabamaMORELAND-A
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresNational Forests in AlabamaMORELAND-B
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNational Forests in AlabamaMORELAND-F
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNational Forests in AlabamaMORELAND-C
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNational Forests in AlabamaMORELAND-D
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaMILL CREEK 2
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaMILL CREEK 3
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresNational Forests in AlabamaMILL CREEK 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cullman County

Storms near this place

8 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corinth in 8 storm reports between 2007 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood, 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
April 2009Thunderstorm WindCorinth2 hurtWidespread trees were reported blown down and power outages occurred countywide. Time was estimated by radar as winds affected the western portion of Cullman county. Two emergency responders were injured by a tree crashing through a house while responding to an call in the Berlin area.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindCorinth$15,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed a concrete front porch and asphalt shingle roof at the Corinth Baptist church. The front windows of the church were also blown out.
February 2026HailCorinth-Nickel sized hail was reported. Time estimated by radar.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindCorinth-Damage to a barn was reported and trees were knocked down on CR 1069.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindCorinth-Mobile home damage was reported on CR 1059. Trees were knocked down at this location as well.
July 2013Flash FloodCorinth-The bridge was under water over Crooked Creek, on County Road 1059, just north of Jones Chapel.
March 2011FloodCorinth-Several county roads, mainly at low water crossings, remained closed for a long period following heavy rainfall.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCorinth-Thunderstorms winds damaged a barn and chicken house. Trees were also blown down along County Roads 617 and 599, and Hopewell Drive.

Every storm recorded in Cullman 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
Clifty0.4 miles18
Battleground4.1 miles20
Dripping Springs5.6 miles11
Central6.5 miles11
Jones Chapel6.6 miles11
West Point7.6 miles17
Centerville7.9 miles20
Bethel9.0 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.

Wikidata item Q5170614The 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 159448. 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.