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Crossville, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Crossville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35962. It stands on South Fork Scarham Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crossville quadrangle. 1,830 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,147 feet above sea level.

Crossville within DeKalb County

Population over time

2 figures

Crossville fell from 1,862 to 1,830 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,862
20201,830-32 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

91 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Crossville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 693 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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 burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism18
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20140930-002
28 September 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-21
28 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-13
24 September 2019Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-22
23 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20150923-001
18 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2010Debris and open burning30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160916-15

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Crossville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
C W Chumley PropertyManganesePast Producer1951

Every working recorded in DeKalb County

Storms near this place

36 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crossville in 36 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 26 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 lightning, 1 flood. 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 2014Thunderstorm WindCrossville2 hurtA two-vehicle accident with two injured occurred due to trees knocked over onto Highway 168.
July 1999LightningCrossville$100,000Lightning struck A1 Cabinets in Crossville. The lightning strike caused an explosion and the subsequent fire totally destroyed the entire business.
September 2006LightningCrossville$50,000A small thunderstorm produced a cloud to ground lightning strike which lit a barn on fire causing considerable damage to the structure and farm equipment inside. Two round hay balers, one square hay baler, a tractor, and tools were lost in the blaze.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindCrossville$30,000Trees, signs, and power lines were down along SR 168 and SR 68, west of Crossville.
February 1999Thunderstorm WindCrossville$15,000One trailer was damaged and trees were reported down near Hendrixville, between CR 51 and SR 227.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCrossville$10,000Trees were knocked down in the southern end of the county, including Crossville, along County Roads 82, 75, and 51 and along state highway 227.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindCrossville$10,000A few trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCrossville$10,000Several eight feet tall pine trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds near highway 160.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCrossville$10,000A shed was destroyed near County Road 25 and County Road 4 by thunderstorm winds.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindCrossville$5,000A few power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds in downtown Crossville, Alabama.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCrossville$3,000Several trees were downed and tin was torn off of a building by thunderstorm winds at Hays Gap road near Union Gap.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindCrossville$2,000A tree was knocked down onto a power line at 112 Bruce Street in Crossville.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCrossville$2,000Large trees were knocked down at Crossville City Park.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCrossville$2,000Large trees were knocked down at the Sand Mountain Research Center.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCrossville$1,000Trees were knocked down at Highway 68 at CR 24. Time estimated by radar.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindCrossville$1,000Trees were knocked down on Alabama Highway 68.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCrossville$1,000A large tree was knocked down onto Watts Road.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindCrossville$1,000Law enforcement reported trees blown down onto power lines in northern portions of the Crossville community. Time estimated by radar.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCrossville$500A tree was knocked down on Alabama Highway 68 at Justice Street.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindCrossville$500A large tree was knocked down on CR 46 near Highway 227.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCrossville$500A tree was knocked down on Highway 68.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCrossville$500A few trees were downed by thunderstorm winds on County Road 28 near Crossville.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCrossville$200One tree was knocked down on AL Highway 68 between Collinsville and Dawson.
May 2025Tornado (EF1)Crossville-A tornado began just east of Graves Street in the Crossville area, where a large tree was uprooted and a large branch (8 to 12 inches in diameter) was broken off of a tree 20 yards away. Additionally, a small porch on a nearby residence was damaged and lost most of its roofing. The tornado continued east just south|and paralleling Highway 68, uprooting sporadic trees and breaking off large tree branches along its way. More substantial roof damage occurred at a building associated with the Sand Mountain Research Extension Center off of County Road (CR) 190. The tornado intensified at this location to EF-1 intensity, collapsing the entire roof of the structure. Maximum peak winds of 93 mph occurred at this location. Here, the tornado continued on a eastward path and uprooted one very large tree and snapped another one from its base. The tornado seemed to widen a bit more as it pushed east, but weakened again to EF-0 intensity as it crossed CR 37. At this location, the tornado picked up a covering structure for hay and tossed it across a field. On the south end of the field, a small portion of one side of a barn was torn apart. The tornado then moved a bit more to the east-northeast paralleling Highway 68 as its path width decreased significantly|to less than 300 yards. The tornado continued its path uprooting trees or snapping off large branches of trees before dissipating just east of CR 84.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindCrossville-A spotter reported minor roof damage to barns in the area. Also, two oak trees were uprooted.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindCrossville-Estimated wind gusts near 60 mph and dime sized hail was reported in the Crossville area.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindCrossville-A report of a 60 mph wind gust measured and dime size hail from Spotter.
January 2013FloodCrossville-Big Wills creek was at the top of its banks and highway 227 at County Road 51 was underwater with several inches of water over the road. Flooding was also occurring along County roads 371, 739, 386 and 30, with portions of the roadways washed out.
April 2012HailCrossville-Penny sized hail was reported on Highway 227.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindCrossville-Thunderstorm winds damaged a roof of a residence.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindCrossville-Trees were blown down on Highway 68 near the county line.
February 2005HailCrossville-Nickel size hail reported.
February 2003HailCrossville-penny hail.
April 2003HailCrossville-Nickel size hail reported.
April 2003HailCrossville-Golf ball size hail reported.
March 2002HailCrossville-Dime size hail was reported in the Crossville area.

Every storm recorded in DeKalb 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
Lathamville2.3 miles22
Oak Hill2.7 miles22
Skirum2.9 miles21
Cotnam (historical)3.2 miles21
Dawson3.8 miles21
Rodentown3.9 miles22
Hendrickville (historical)4.1 miles21
Geraldine4.4 miles22

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 CrossvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q67163The 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 150178. 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.