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Crowtown, Alabama

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Somerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35603. It lies near Bald Knob. The Survey maps it on the Decatur quadrangle.

Crowtown within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

70 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Crowtown between 1995 and 2019, burning about 360 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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 2019Equipment and vehicle use15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190909-7
4 September 2007Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20180924-1
16 September 1999Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2000Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2000Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan 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 Crowtown: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Plant 4 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crowtown in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCrowtown$7,500A couple of power poles were snapped near the intersection of State Highway 67 and Mountainview Drive in Priceville. Time estimated by radar.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCrowtown$1,000A tree was knocked down at 3609 Garth Road blocking the roadway completely. Time estimated by radar.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCrowtown-Trees were knocked down onto power lines. Two utility poles needed replacement.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindCrowtown-The dining room and upstairs of a Decatur house was reported damaged. The damage occurred at 2200 Old River Road SE.
March 2008HailCrowtown-Nickle sized hail was reported on Highway 67 between Decatur and Priceville.

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Hickory Hills0.4 miles25
Rolling Hills1.3 miles25
Burningtree Mountain1.8 miles25
Priceville1.9 miles25
Burningtree Estates2.0 miles25
Six Way2.4 miles25
Bayside2.6 miles25
Cedar Lake2.9 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156235. 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.