Duncanville, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Big Sandy-Duncanville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35456. It stands on Tadpole Creek. The Survey maps it on the Duncanville quadrangle. It stands 243 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1899 USGS Brookwood quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1931 USGS Cottondale quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Cottondale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Duncanville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2002 USGS Duncanville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
80 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Duncanville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,019 acres in total. 6 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/incendiarism | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | LITTLE HOPE |
| 15 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 413 acres | National Forests in Alabama | 701 |
| 1 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140901-002 |
| 30 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 11221 HWY 82 E-DUNCANVILLE, AL |
| 22 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | ARTILLERY |
| 2 August 2008 | Natural | 86 acres | National Forests in Alabama | DANCING SKY |
| 17 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
22 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duncanville in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 10 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncanville | $23,000 | A supercell thunderstorm moved across parts of southern and eastern Tuscaloosa County and produced damage along its path. A few funnel cloud reports were received in the vicinity of Duncanville. Several trees were blown down along a path from west of Duncanville to south of Brookwood. In Cottondale, a few homes received shingle damage from the storm. Penny size hail was reported in the Coaling area. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncanville | $10,000 | One tree fell on a trailer. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncanville | $6,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down in the city of Duncanville. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncanville | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Duncanville | $2,000 | Quarter size hail was reported in Duncanville. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Duncanville | $1,000 | Nickel size hail was reported in Duncanville. |
| December 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncanville | $1,000 | Trees were blown down just north of Duncanville. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Duncanville | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncanville | - | Trees were downed in the Duncanville area. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncanville | - | NWS Birmingham conducted a storm survey in areas such as Coaling, Vance, Woodstock, West Blocton, Green Pond, Helena, Pelham, and Alabaster. This survey was to assess a large area of reported wind damage associated with a severe thunderstorm bowing segment evident on KBMX RADAR. Observed damage along this path mainly consisted of uprooted or snapped trees, and fallen large tree limbs. Fallen timber caused damage to homes, vehicles, and power lines. Widespread power outages occurred as a result.||Wind damage throughout this path was consistent with straight-line winds, or winds that were not tornadic. Gusts of 60-70 mph were evident along a path approximately 10 miles wide and 80 miles long, and some higher intensity timber damage in the Coaling, Vance, West Blocton, Helena, and Alabaster areas suggest wind gusts up to 75 mph. The damage pattern across this path was divergent, and higher intensity damage areas exhibited divergent microburst characteristics. There was no sign of debris lofting on the damage survey, and no signs of rotation or lofted tornado debris after a thorough analysis of KBMX RADAR data. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncanville | - | Trees fell across S Sandy Rd near Highway 82. |
| January 2023 | Tornado (EF2) | Duncanville | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in the far southeast portion of Tuscaloosa County and determined that it was consistent with an EF2 tornado, with maximum winds near 130 mph. This tornado originated in Greene County, crossed through northern Hale County and entered Tuscaloosa County near the intersection of Hale, Bibb, and Tuscaloosa Counties. The tornado path widened to nearly 600 yards once it crossed into Tuscaloosa County and shortly reached its maximum intensity. |The tornado was rated at 130 mph at this point due to a large swath of trees snapped at their bases. The tornado continued northeast crossing Highway 82 near Hagler, causing additional timber damage and some minor structural damage to two homes. The tornado weakened after crossing Highway 82 and into Bibb County. |
| March 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Duncanville | - | This tornado originated in Hale County. The tornado crossed into Tuscaloosa County near the intersection with Bibb County. It dissipated quickly with damage confined to uprooted trees. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncanville | - | Several trees uprooted in the town of Duncanville. |
| September 2012 | Flash Flood | Duncanville | - | South Sandy Road at Highway 85 was closed due to water flowing over the roadway. |
| February 2007 | Hail | Duncanville | - | Observed at the County Line Grocery Store, near the Tuscaloosa and Bibb County Line. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Duncanville | - | Dime size hail was observed just north of Duncanville. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Duncanville | - | Dime size hail was reported in Duncanville by the volunteer fire department. |
| March 1995 | Hail | Duncanville | - | Dime-size hail was reported near Duncanville on U.S. Highway 82. |
| February 2007 | Hail | Duncanville | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Duncanville | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Duncanville | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monticello Two | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Raintree Country | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Monticello Estates | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Judson Park | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Sherwood Forest | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Huntland | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Hagler | 5.7 miles | 20 | |
| Golden Acres | 5.9 miles | 19 |
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 Duncanville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14679077 | The 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 159538. 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.
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.








