BlockEstillfork, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Princeton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35745. It lies near Holland Cove. The Survey maps it on the Estill Fork quadrangle. It stands 705 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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 Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Estill Fork quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Estill Fork quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Estill Fork 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 Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Estillfork between 1997 and 2015, burning about 724 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 May 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 May 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 4381 CO. RD. 44, AL |
| 9 March 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20150308-001 |
| 9 February 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 February 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20120226-005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Estillfork in 7 storm reports between 2005 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estillfork | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down and snapped multiple trees along this path in the Estillfork area. Tree debris was blown into a business/shop along CR 175 in Estillfork including a larger limb which collapsed the front porch roof of the building. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estillfork | $2,000 | Several trees were knocked down at this location near Hurricane Creek. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estillfork | $500 | A tree was knocked down by thunderstorm winds in the Estill Fork area. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estillfork | $200 | A large tree was knocked down across the roadway. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estillfork | - | Trees were knocked down on CR 175 near Estillfrk. A tree was knocked down on CR 140. Time estimated from radar. |
| November 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Estillfork | - | The parent supercell thunderstorm that produced the Monte Sano EF-2 tornado also produced a separate area of rotation that caused the EF-1 Estillfork tornado. The National Weather Service and University of Alabama in Huntsville surveys found significant softwood tree damage in the form of healthy and snapped pine trees along CR-9, east of the CR-9 and CR-141 intersection. The convergence of the down trees was evident at several locations along CR-9 and in the Estillfork area. Peak winds were determined to be 95 MPH. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estillfork | - | A few power lines were blown down by thunderstor m winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milan (historical) | 0.2 miles | 21 | |
| Larkin | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Swaim | 3.2 miles | 22 | |
| Larkins Fork (historical) | 3.2 miles | 22 | |
| Greerton (historical) | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Baileytown | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Jack Lane (historical) | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Hytop | 4.4 miles | 21 |
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 Estillfork | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14679086 | 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 156322. 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.