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Delmar, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Haleyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35565. The Survey maps it on the Haleyville East quadrangle. It stands 961 feet above sea level.

Delmar within Winston 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

65 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Delmar between 1994 and 2020, burning about 478 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 24 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/incendiarism24
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Other causes1
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
4 September 2000Natural1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20130915-001
9 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Winston 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 Delmar: 1 producer. 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
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Winston County

Storms near this place

11 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delmar in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. 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
October 2010Tornado (EF1)Delmar$100,000The tornado touched down near the intersection of Winston CR 28 and AL Hwy 13 at approximately 205 am, then traveled northeast across CR 13 towards Macedonia. The tornado reached its maximum strength wind speeds of 100 to 110 mph as it crossed CR 3231. The width of the damage path at this point was approx 600 yards, the widest portion of the damage path. The tornado then crossed CR 3230 where it destroyed a two week old hay barn and a large workshop/storage shed and also caused significant damage to two other structures.||Another outbuilding also sustained damage at the same location and the residence sustained significant roof damage. At this point the damage path took more of an easterly path but remained narrow and well-defined. The tornado struck just north of the Macedonia church where a double-wide home sustained significant roof damage and several outbuildings were damaged. It continued eastward just north of Friendship Rd and then crossed AL Hwy 195 as it continued to snap off large tree limbs and caused damage to additional outbuildings. The last damage found was near the intersection of CR 2 and CR 47, where minor roof damage affected a home and tree damage was present. The tornado then moved off into inaccessible forestry land and dissipated.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindDelmar$5,000Several trees and power lines were blown down on CR-17, northwest of Natural Bridge.
September 2005Tornado (F0)Delmar$3,000A brief tornado touched down along County Road 17 just east of State Highway 13. The tornado snapped off a few tree tops and knocked down a few power lines. The tornado occurred at approximately 306 PM CDT. The tornado damage path was 0.5 miles long and 30 yards wide at its widest point. This tornado was produced by the remnants of Hurricane Rita. Begin: 34 08.93/87 35.25 End: 34 09.32/87 35.07
June 2009Thunderstorm WindDelmar$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down across AL-13, near the Delmar community.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindDelmar$2,000Several trees were blown down on CR-28, near the Delmar Community.
September 1999Thunderstorm WindDelmar$1,000Trees were blown down in Delmar.
January 2023Tornado (EF2)Delmar-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in western Winston County and determined that it was consistent with an EF2 tornado, with maximum winds near 125 mph. The tornado touched down east of Delmar near County Road 20 where timber damage was observed in addition to minor structural damage. The tornado tracked northeastward into a heavily wooded area near Tanyard Creek and then crossed County Road 28 where several trees were uprooted. The tornado continued northeast into heavily wooded areas near Clear Creek, then impacting a residence on County Road 432, where it uprooted and snapped trees, causing structural damage, and overturning an RV. The tornado continued to cause additional timber damage in a heavily wooded area before it impacted a farm near County Road 55 and 3182. Here the highest degree of damage occurred as two large chicken houses were completely destroyed in addition to three other small farm buildings. Nearby structural damage occurred to at least four residences. The tornado continued east-northeast toward Highway 195 where it dissipated before crossing County Road 6.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindDelmar-Several trees uprooted along Hoggle Ridge Road.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindDelmar-Several trees uprooted near the town of Delmar.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDelmar-A tree fell on a house in the Delmar area along County Road 28.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDelmar-Trees were reported down along Highway 278 between Double Springs and Natural Bridge.

Every storm recorded in Winston 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
Batts Nest (historical)1.1 miles13
Bethel (historical)1.6 miles13
Boar Tush1.7 miles13
Glen Mary3.3 miles11
Haleyville4.0 miles13
DeFoor4.0 miles13
Booger Tree (historical)4.8 miles13
Natural Bridge5.3 miles11

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 DelmarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79368The 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 117217. 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.