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Fairview, Alabama

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Decatur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35601. It stands on Clark Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Decatur quadrangle.

Fairview within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

50 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1995 and 2019, burning about 354 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism11
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190909-7
7 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20150908-001
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Debris and open burning35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fairview: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Plant 1 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

11 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairview in 11 storm reports between 2009 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2021Thunderstorm WindFairview$100,000A powerful small-scale downburst occurred in southeast Decatur, including the Point Mallard neighborhood. Based on newspaper reports and photos, winds were estimated up to 75 mph. The winds produced significant tree damage, including numerous fallen trees, some on area homes. Several power poles were snapped and power lines were down, knocking out power to hundreds of residents in the area.||Further south and across Highway 67/Beltline Road, the downburst knocked down numerous trees within the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). At the visitors Center complex, a tree was knocked onto the building causing roof and water damage. Several trees blocked roads and hiking trails which had to be closed for cleanup. Time estimated by radar.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindFairview$15,000Five large trees fell at 1719 Summerlane Drive.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindFairview$7,500Power poles were knocked down between Sherwood Drive and 13th Street. Time estimated by radar.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindFairview$1,000A tree was uprooted which busted a brick wall apart, falling onto an adjacent driveway.
February 2019FloodFairview-Corrects previous flood report from 1E Decatur. Point Mallard Campground closed due to the road flooding between Cherokee Lane and Apache Lane. Tennessee River at Decatur flooding.
July 2017Flash FloodFairview-At least 8 inches of water was reported over the road on 11th Street.
July 2017Flash FloodFairview-At least 8 inches of water reported over the road on 8th Street.
July 2017Flash FloodFairview-At least 6 inches of water reported over portions of Stratford Road SE. Portions of the road barricaded.
July 2017Flash FloodFairview-At least 6 inches of water over the roadway and portions of Dogwood Lane SE and Elliott Streets Barricaded.
August 2014Heavy RainFairview-Rain measured 3.62 inches during this time period. Also of note, rain accumulated 0.98 inches in a ten minute period from 1435-1445 PM LST.
April 2009HailFairview-Quarter size hail was reported at Walter Jackson School.

Every storm recorded in Morgan County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Oakworth1.1 miles25
Albany1.1 miles25
Simpson1.5 miles15
Russell Village1.6 miles25
Bayside1.7 miles25
Decatur1.8 miles25
Cedar Lake1.9 miles25
Austinville2.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118130. 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.