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Flint City, 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 35603. It stands on Muddy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Decatur quadrangle. It stands 604 feet above sea level.

Flint City 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

54 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Flint City between 1995 and 2020, burning about 362 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Debris and open burning1.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2018Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180828-3
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 Flint City: 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 4 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

18 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flint City in 18 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2008Thunderstorm WindFlint City$3,000A few trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds along Red Bank Road near Priceville.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindFlint City$1,000A tree was knocked down at the intersection of Norris Mill Road and TVA Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindFlint City$1,000Trees were knocked down on Highway 31 south at Red Bank Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindFlint City$500A tree was knocked down in the road at Connor Street SE at Highway 31. Time estimated by radar.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindFlint City$500A tree was knocked down into the road at Mitchell Pines Trail. Time estimated by radar.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindFlint City$200A tree was knocked down near Red Bank Road at Indian Hills Road. Time estimated from radar.
June 2023HailFlint City-A social media photo relayed by broadcast media indicated hail of up to ping pong ball size on Alberta Drive in Decatur.
February 2019FloodFlint City-Poole Valley Road impassable due to flooding. Water depth unknown.
February 2019FloodFlint City-Red Bank Road closed due to flooding. Water depth unknown.
February 2019FloodFlint City-Norris Mill Road has water flowing across it at Flint Creek. Water depth unknown.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindFlint City-Trees were knocked down blocking Oxmore and Flint Road at Alberta Road, and at Norris Mill at TVA Road. Time estimated from radar.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindFlint City-A large tree was snapped on Harris Mountain Drive near Unity Baptist Church.
November 2017Thunderstorm WindFlint City-Trees were knocked down along Mill Road and Old Highway 31.
March 2012HailFlint City-Quarter sized hail was reported near Austinville Flint Road.
March 2011Flash FloodFlint City-Flash flooding along Flint Creek was reported at Norris Mill Road. Three water rescues occurred both during the flash flooding on the 9th, and two subsequent times for continued flooding through the 10th. No injuries were incurred.
March 2011Flash FloodFlint City-Flash flooding prompted the closure of Poole Valley Road at Central Parkway.
May 2009Flash FloodFlint City-Flash flooding was reported on US Highway 31 between Decatur and Hartselle near the Conoco station.
May 2009Flash FloodFlint City-Heavy rainfall from strong to severe thunderstorms completely submerged Old Highway 31 at the Poole Valley intersection. This area was closed by the Public Works Department of Decatur around 704 AM CST.

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
Burningtree Estates1.7 miles25
Longleaf Estates2.0 miles25
Cedar Lake2.2 miles25
Bayside2.3 miles25
Basham2.6 miles15
Burningtree Mountain2.6 miles25
Russell Village2.9 miles25
Hickory Hills3.0 miles25

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.

Wikidata item Q31583147The 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 151772. 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.