Fairview, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Simcoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35058. It stands on Minnow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lawrence Cove quadrangle. 543 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 938 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFairview grew from 446 to 543 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 446 | |
| 2020 | 543 | +97 (+22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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 Lawrence Cove quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Lawrence Cove quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Lawrence Cove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 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
31 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1997 and 2017, burning about 105 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 1885 COUNTY ROAD 1559, AL |
| 23 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160923-9 |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | COUNTY ROAD 1561, AL |
| 18 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | COUNTY ROAD 1561, AL |
| 26 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
35 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairview in 35 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 20 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2009 | Lightning | Fairview | 1 hurt | A person was struck by lightning on CR 1536 in the Fairview area. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $50,000 | Trees were blown down in the Holly Pond and Fairview area of northeastern Cullman County. |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $14,000 | Numerous trees were reported blown down in Fairview. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $10,000 | A few power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds just northeast of Cullman. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $5,000 | Trees were knocked down along Highway 69 in Fairview. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $5,000 | A tree and large limbs was blown down by thunderstorm winds on county road 1545 in the Gold Ridge community. |
| December 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $5,000 | A roof was blown off of a convenient store by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $3,000 | Several trees were blown down and dime size hail was reported in Fairview and Holly Pond. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Fairview | $3,000 | Quarter size hail was reported in Fairview. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Fairview | $3,000 | Golfball size hail fell and several power outages were reported in the Fairview area and in other parts of northeastern Cullman County. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $2,000 | Power lines were knocked down at 7467 Highway 69. Time estimated by radar. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $2,000 | A tree was downed along CR 1528. Time was estimated from radar. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $2,000 | A tree fell on a house in the Fairview community. Time was estimated. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $2,000 | A few power lines were knocked down in Fairview. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down onto a house on Wesley Road. |
| December 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $1,000 | A power line was knocked down in front of Merchants Bank in Fairview. Time estimated from radar. |
| February 2011 | Hail | Fairview | $1,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported near Antioch. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $1,000 | Trees were blown down in the Gold Ridge Community near Fairview. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Fairview | - | A social media photo indicated quarter sized hail in Fairview. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | Structures damaged near CR 1691. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | Several trees were knocked down along CR 1564. Three homes were damage due to falling trees. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | A few power lines and a few trees were downed onto homes by thunderstorm winds along Highway 69 between the Simcoe and Baileyton communities in Marshall County, Alabama. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Fairview | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | Thunderstorms wind tore off a large portion of metal roof from a barn. The time was estimated by radar. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Fairview | - | Penny sized hail was reported. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Fairview | - | Penny size hail was reported in Fairview. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Fairview | - | Nickel size hail was reported in the Fairview communty. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Fairview | - | A severe thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in the Fairview community. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Fairview | - | Golf ball size hail was reported in Fairview near highway 69. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | A few trees and power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Fairview | - | Dime size fell in Fairview and the hail covered the ground in a few spots. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Fairview | - | Dime size hail was observed in several locations in Cullman County. These locations include Hollypond, Fairview, and Baileyton. A few trees were also blown down with these storms. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Fairview | - | Dime size hail was observed in Fairview. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Fairview | - | Nickel size hail was reported in Fairview. Dime size hail was reported in Cranehill. A carport was blown over and nickel size hail occurred in Vinemont. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birdsong | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| County Line | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Simcoe | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Gold Ridge | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Baileyton | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| New Hope | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Pleasant View | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Brooklyn | 4.4 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 Fairview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q66258 | 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 118132. 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.









