Evansville, Alabama
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Stewart-Akron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35441. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Warrior Dam quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1927 USGS Eutaw quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Eutaw quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Warrior Dam quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
99 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Evansville between 1994 and 2019, burning about 540 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140927-001 |
| 24 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150924-001 |
| 23 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140923-001 |
| 22 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190921-18 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Evansville: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akron Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Evansville in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2022: 2 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Evansville | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in western Hale County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 90 mph. This tornado originated in near Eutaw in Greene County and crossed into Hale County at the Black Warrior River near Finches Ferry Road. In Akron, several trees were uprooted and an apartment building suffered minor roof damage. The tornado continued to cause occasional tree damage as it moved just north of Highway 60. Multiple trees were then uprooted along Cedarwood Road. After this point, discerning the tornado path from sporadic tree damage caused by straight line winds in the bowing segment became difficult, but the tornado appears to have dissipated prior to crossing Highway 69. |
| November 2022 | Tornado (EFU) | Evansville | - | This tornado crossed the Black Warrior River several times and this is a short segment that the tornado moved into Hale County from Greene County. The area was inaccessible so the segment was rated as unknown intensity. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Evansville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Prospect | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Wedgeworth | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Darrah | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Akron | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Oak Village | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Stewart | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Sawyerville | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Harper Hill | 7.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 155062. 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.







