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Frankville, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Chatom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36538. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bladon Springs quadrangle. It stands 151 feet above sea level.

Frankville within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

41 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Frankville between 1994 and 2019, burning about 554 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
30 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2016Debris and open burning9.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160925-22
25 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160925-23
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 June 2000Natural23 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

12 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frankville in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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
August 2015Thunderstorm WindFrankville$200,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts estimated between 70-80 mph resulted in damage to 6 homes in the community of Frankville. Most of the damage was minor roof and window damage. An attached porch to one of the homes was destroyed and the roof damage to the home was more considerable. Numerous power lines and large trees were downed.
January 2024LightningFrankville$10,000Lightning struck a house in Frankville and resulted in a house fire.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindFrankville$10,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed several trees.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindFrankville$5,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees in the Frankville community.
January 2000Thunderstorm WindFrankville$5,000High winds damaged a couple of roofs in the Frankville area. An awning was also damaged.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindFrankville$2,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed a tree across Mount Bethal Road.
February 2025Tornado (EF2)Frankville-An EF2 tornado occurred just south of Coffeeville near Tattlersville. This tornado began on the west side of the Tombigbee River based on radar observed tornado debris signature. Prior to highway 69, high resolution satellite imagery revealed a substantial swath of EF1 tree damage with numerous convergent tree uproots in about a 650-yard-wide swath. The tornado first crossed Highway 69 where ground survey crew observed scattered to numerous trees snapped or uprooted. The tornado intensified as it went northeast quickly widening again to near 650 yards wide and beginning to produce EF2 tree damage between Highway 69 and Winn Road. Low end EF2 tree damage was observed by ground survey crew on Winn Road where many tree snaps occurred. The next road the tornado crossed was Center Point Road and Norris Road where multiple tree snaps were observed. The tornado briefly re-attained EF2 intensity with numerous tree snaps and uproots visible on high resolution satellite imagery between Norris Road and Reedy Hill Road. As the tornado approached and crossed Reedy Hill Road it gradually weakened, lifting just northeast of Reedy Hill Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindFrankville-High winds downed trees on two mobile homes.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindFrankville-High winds downed trees and powerlines on Peavey's Landing Road.
April 1998HailFrankville-Dime size hail was reported near Frankville.
March 2015HailFrankville-no account filed
May 2003HailFrankville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Bigbee2.5 miles12
Silver Cross2.8 miles11
Bashi4.7 miles11
Koenton5.9 miles11
Ellisville7.8 miles12
Wilson8.3 miles12
Carpenter8.6 miles12
Saint Stephens8.8 miles12

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 FrankvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14679107The 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 157957. 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.