Fairview, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Geraldine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35963. It stands on Laurel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crossville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1893 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Crossville quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Crossville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Crossville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
103 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 2000 and 2019, burning about 1,518 acres in total. None started naturally. 32 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 | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190909-2 |
| 8 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 42 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180903-3 |
| 29 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190929-20 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-21 |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-22 |
| 23 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190918-21 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairview in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $500 | A tree was knocked down near Dawson at the intersection of CR 199 and CR 196. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Fairview | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Fairview | - | Penny size hail reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wills (historical) | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Gilbert Crossroads | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Ophir | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Nicholson (historical) | 2.0 miles | 21 | |
| Dawson | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Skirum | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Floy (historical) | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Clyde (historical) | 3.5 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156337. 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.










