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Graball, Alabama

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Abbeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36310. The Survey maps it on the Abbeville West quadrangle. It stands 482 feet above sea level.

Graball within Henry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

78 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Graball between 1994 and 2020, burning about 369 acres in total. 2 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 burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Smoking2
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
3 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.3 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Debris and open burning2.7 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-24
23 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190923-4
23 September 2019Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190923-22
21 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2019Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190918-4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henry County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Graball: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Aluminum. 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
Eufaula Minerals Henry County MinesAluminumPast Producer
Hen 7 Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Henry County

Storms near this place

8 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Graball in 8 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 2023Tornado (EF1)Graball$250,000This tornado touched down in a wooded area west of U.S. Highway 431 and uprooted some trees. It then demolished half of a large out building right along the highway removing the roof and collapsing the walls. An adjacent small office building had substantial roof damage. The tornado then crossed Highway 431 and snapped several hardwood trees. As the tornado approached Singletary Road, it destroyed some outbuildings and removed substantial roofing material from two adjacent homes. One of the homes also had some siding removed and the porch was damaged. Several trees were also uprooted in this area. The tornado crossed the other end of a curving Singletary Road, snapping and uprooting more trees. Near the intersection of Singletary Road and W. Washington St., the tornado toppled several concrete memorial monuments. After crossing Washington St. The tornado toppled trees on Marianna Drive and Alberta Drive. Finally, the tornado snapped or uprooted several trees in the vicinity of a cemetery on East Washington St. before lifting short of Eufaula Highway. Damage along the entire path was estimated to be consistent with EF-1 damage with maximum sustained winds around 100 mph.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindGraball$1,000A tree was blown down across Highway 10 west of Abbeville.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindGraball$1,000A tree was blown down in the southbound lane of US-431 just north of Abbeville. Monetary damage was estimated.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindGraball-A tree blew down near County Road 212 and Highway 431.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindGraball-Trees were blown down at County Road 431 and County Road 10.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindGraball-Tree were blown down on Highway 431 between County Road 133 and County Road 214.
June 2023Flash FloodGraball-State Highway 10 was flooded at Lightfoot Road.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindGraball-Widespread trees were blown down along with power outages.

Every storm recorded in Henry 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
Abbeville1.7 miles9
Lawrenceville4.9 miles8
Wills Crossroads5.5 miles8
Union6.4 miles8
Capps6.5 miles8
Oakey Grove6.8 miles8
Edwin7.6 miles8
Danzey8.3 miles8

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 GraballAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18345647The 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 157968. 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.