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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Abbeville West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Clopton quadrangle1:50000
Fires near this place
78 since 1994Regional 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 burning | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.3 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.7 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-24 |
| 23 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190923-4 |
| 23 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190923-22 |
| 21 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190918-4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eufaula Minerals Henry County Mines | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Hen 7 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
8 since 2012Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Graball | $250,000 | This 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graball | $1,000 | A tree was blown down across Highway 10 west of Abbeville. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graball | $1,000 | A tree was blown down in the southbound lane of US-431 just north of Abbeville. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graball | - | A tree blew down near County Road 212 and Highway 431. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graball | - | Trees were blown down at County Road 431 and County Road 10. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graball | - | Tree were blown down on Highway 431 between County Road 133 and County Road 214. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Graball | - | State Highway 10 was flooded at Lightfoot Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graball | - | Widespread trees were blown down along with power outages. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeville | 1.7 miles | 9 | |
| Lawrenceville | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Wills Crossroads | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Union | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Capps | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Oakey Grove | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Edwin | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Danzey | 8.3 miles | 8 |
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 Graball | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18345647 | The 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.





