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Covin, Alabama

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Fayette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35555. The Survey maps it on the Belk quadrangle.

Covin within Fayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

78 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Covin between 1994 and 2020, burning about 356 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 27 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/incendiarism27
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Other causes1
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
9 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20130917-004
11 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fayette County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Covin: 6 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Carroll PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fayco Inc PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fayette County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fayette Fayeet PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nichols MaterialsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Fayette County

Storms near this place

8 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Covin in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
January 2008Thunderstorm WindCovin$1,000Trees were blown down across AL-96 near the Covin community, blocking both lanes of traffic.
April 2025Flash FloodCovin-A large portion of Dodson Circle was washed out.
February 2019Tornado (EF1)Covin-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in far western Fayette County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 95 mph.||This tornado was a continuation of a tornado in Lamar County. The tornado entered Fayette County near Twin Lake Road and lifted shortly after entering the county. It produced mostly tree damage.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindCovin-Several trees uprooted along Highway 96.
January 2013Tornado (EF1)Covin-A tornado touched down in west central Fayette County, northwest of Fayette, along County Road 37 near the community of Mt. Vernon. The tornado tracked east northeast snapping and uprooting trees as it crossed County Road 23 and Alabama Highway 18. The tornado briefly strengthened to 90 MPH and turned to the northeast where it crossed Alabama Highway 107 and caused minor damage to a residence. The tornado continued moving east northeast, crossing Luxapallila Creek and causing significant tree damage along County Road 21, County Road 85 and County Road 80. The tornado crossed US Highway 43, downing more trees before lifting just west of Alabama Highway 129.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindCovin-Trees were uprooted near the junction of Blue Ridge Cutoff and Highway 96.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindCovin-Trees and power lines were reported down along Highway 107.
May 2009Tornado (EF0)Covin-A brief tornado touchdown was reported by two law enforcement officers in a wooded area near the intersection of AL-18 and AL-107, just northwest of the city of Fayette. A subsequent survey of the area by county officials revealed very little damage.

Every storm recorded in Fayette 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
Renfroe Valley0.8 miles9
Cedar Hill0.9 miles10
Old Town2.8 miles10
Fayette3.1 miles10
Mount Vernon3.2 miles9
Belk3.7 miles9
Jerusalem5.6 miles11
Rossland City5.8 miles10

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 CovinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q86755800The 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 116746. 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.