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Corinth, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Folsom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36278. It stands on Ketchepedrakee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Micaville quadrangle. It stands 1,004 feet above sea level.

Corinth within Randolph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

149 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Corinth between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,024 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 41 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 burning59
Arson/incendiarism41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony13
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
6 September 2010Debris and open burning21 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-25
22 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180922-5
2 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190918-18
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 82 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 82 workings within 5 miles of Corinth: 41 past producers, 36 prospects, 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, Iron, Manganese. 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
First Woods ProspectCopperUnknown1854
Howle ProspectBeryllium, MicaOccurrence
Ironaton Brown Ore MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1944
Ran 1 Clay ProspectFeldsparProspect
Miller ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Miller ProspectGoldProspect
Pine Tuckey Gold MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Pinetucky MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Pinetucky MineGoldPast Producer
Alexandria MineMicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Randolph County

Storms near this place

5 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corinth in 5 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 lightning. 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
February 2008Tornado (EF1)Corinth$100,000The tornado touched down on CR-15 near the Pleasant Grove Church, about 3 miles southwest of Wedowee. It then tracked northeast, damaging five homes, at least two vehicles and three barns. One shop and numerous other outbuildings were significantly damaged or destroyed. Additionally, several dozen trees were either snapped off or were uprooted along the path. The tornado lifted near the Georgia state line at CR-477.
March 2011LightningCorinth$10,000Lightning struck a tree and traveled into a home, damaging brick on the exterior wall and destroying electronics inside the home.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCorinth$2,000The local sheriffs office reported a few trees blown down along County Road 22 near Folsom.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindCorinth-Six to eight trees were downed near the intersection of County Road 1 and Lane Branch Rd.
March 2011HailCorinth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Randolph 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
Wildwood1.0 miles13
Folsom2.3 miles13
Center West2.4 miles14
Foster Crossroad3.0 miles13
Pine Tuckey3.1 miles13
Cedron4.0 miles13
Milner4.5 miles13
Fuller Crossroad4.7 miles13

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 Q5170658The 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 156213. 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.