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Davistown, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Section census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35771. The Survey maps it on the Langston quadrangle.

Davistown within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

108 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Davistown between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,838 acres in total. None started naturally. 30 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 burning38
Arson/incendiarism30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1

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
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2016Debris and open burning4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160906-12
3 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160903-3
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160925-21
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190923-10
23 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190923-1
23 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Davistown: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. 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
Jac 9a Clay ProspectClayProspect
Shelley Thomas ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

21 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Davistown in 21 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood, 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
May 2025Thunderstorm WindDavistown$50,000A tree was knocked down onto a home. Time estimated by radar.
December 2009Thunderstorm WindDavistown$15,000Several trees were blown down along CR 67 near Langston.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindDavistown$8,000Power poles were reported broken on Goose Pond Island. Trees and powerlines were also reported down.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindDavistown$3,000Trees were knocked down at 7500 CR 67. Power lines down on CR 67 as well.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindDavistown$3,000Trees were knocked down along CR 67. Time estimated by radar.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindDavistown$3,000Two large trees were reported down on CR 67 near Langston.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindDavistown$3,000Trees were knocked down on CR 415 in the Macedonia areas.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindDavistown$3,000Trees reported snapped or uprooted along CR 43 near Section. Time was estimated by radar.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindDavistown$2,000Trees and power lines down on CR 38.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindDavistown$2,000Trees and power lines down on CR 340.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindDavistown$2,000Trees were knocked down in Macedonia with power outages reported.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindDavistown$1,000A tree was reported down on CR 43.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindDavistown$1,000A tree was knocked down along CR 115. Time estimated by radar.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindDavistown$500A large tree was knocked down.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindDavistown$500Damage was done to a structure on CR 66 and CR 43.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindDavistown$500A report of damage to a tree and outbuilding.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindDavistown$500A power line was knocked down across CR 67 at Chisenhall Spring near Langston.
May 2024HailDavistown-Hail up to the diameter of a nickel was reported at the intersection of CR 43 and CR 66.
February 2020FloodDavistown-Water covering the road at the intersection of David Ferry Road and County Road 337 near Section.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindDavistown-Trees were knocked down on Widgeon Drive.
April 2007Tornado (EF1)Davistown-This tornado formed three miles east of the Langston community, which is just south of the Tennessee River in southern Jackson County, and moved to the southeast before ending one mile southeast of the Macedonia community near the Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church. Most of the damage along its path was rated EF-0, except for a small area of EF-1 damage in Macedonia where maximum wind speeds were estimated to be 95 m.p.h. |About half a mile from the crossroads at Macedonia on County Road 38, the tornado did the most damage. Parts of a two-story family dwelling roof and siding were carried away, a couple century old harwood trees were uprooted, a large outbuilding was completely destroyed, and the roof was ripped off another nearby building. Some of the debris from this property was scattered more than half a mile away. At the Corinth Missionary Church windows were broken and fascia board was ripped from the main structure, while another smaller building on the church property was blown slighly off its foundation. Roofing shingles were ripped off Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church and parts of Macedonia school, where a communications tower was bent in half.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Hancock Crossroads1.5 miles21
Macedonia1.8 miles20
Talley (historical)2.5 miles21
Langston2.9 miles20
Crossroad3.0 miles20
Section3.1 miles21
Rock City3.7 miles21
Sauta (historical)4.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156255. 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.