Enon, Alabama
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Vinemont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35179. The Survey maps it on the Eva quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1888 USGS Cullman quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Cullman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Eva quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Eva quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Eva quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
62 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Enon between 1998 and 2019, burning about 322 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20140921-003 |
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Enon in 5 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Enon | $40,000 | A small tornado damaged several houses along with downing trees and power lines. A barn and a chicken house were also destroyed. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enon | $2,000 | A tree and power line were knocked down at 2462 CR 1492. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enon | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down blocking the roadway at 341 CR 1447. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Enon | - | County Road 1447 bridge washed out due to pipes in the dirt road being exposed. Additional road closures reported on CR 1427 due to the bridge being washed out. |
| July 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Enon | - | A tornado continued its path from Morgan County into Cullman County at Eva Road at County Road 1459 where a tree was snapped at its trunk and where a home lost considerable amounts of siding on the west facing side. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Ridge | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Providence | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Mount View | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Gold Ridge | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| North Vinemont | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Dyers Crossroads | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| County Line | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Pleasant View | 4.8 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156318. 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.









