Graysville, Alabama
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Graysville-Adamsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35073. It stands on Fields Branch. The Survey maps it on the Adamsville quadrangle. 1,950 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 558 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGraysville fell from 2,165 to 1,950 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,165 | |
| 2020 | 1,950 | -215 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 28 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.
- 1889 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1904 USGS Birmingham Coal District quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Birmingham Coal District quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1906 USGS Birmingham Special quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Adamsville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Adamsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Adamsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
298 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 298 fires within 5 miles of Graysville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 5,597 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 135 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 135 |
| Debris and open burning | 98 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | PICKLE DRIVE, AL |
| 30 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Graysville: 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jef 1 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Jef 2 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Waste Pond - Bessie Mine | Aluminum | Occurrence | Illite, Kaolinite | |
| Waste Pond - Flat Top Mine | Aluminum | Occurrence | Illite, Kaolinite |
Storms near this place
22 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Graysville in 22 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 12 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 10 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graysville | 5 hurt, $8,000 | Strong straight line wind downed several trees in the Graysville area including one pine tree that fell on a house on 10th Avenue Southwest. Five people including two children and three adults sustained injury when the tree came through the roof around 7:00 pm. |
| September 2000 | Lightning | Graysville | 5 hurt | In the Bagley Community, eight individuals took shelter under a tree that was subsequently struck by lightning. Five of the eight people were injured. Three of the victims were transported to area hospitals by ambulance. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Graysville | $1,000,000 | A supercell thunderstorm moved across western Jefferson County and produced a large swath of hail. The largest hail reported was baseball size but the hail may have been larger in surrounding rural areas. Large hail was reported in Sayre, West Jefferson, Hoover, Hueytown, Bessemer, Birmingham and Palmerdale. A few locations observed hail covering the ground. Numerous reports of funnel clouds were also received. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graysville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Graysville | $16,000 | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage that affected the Bagley community. It has been determined that the damage was the result of a tornado. The tornado has been rated an F0 on the Fujita Damage Intensity Scale. The tornado briefly touched down on County 8 or Greathouse Road in the Bagley community. This location is northwest of County Road 140 and northeast of US 78. The tornado damage path was approximately 0.1 miles long and 30 yards wide at its widest point. The tornado was on the ground at approximately 210 PM CST. At the brief touch down point, a few trees were blown down. One home received roof damage and the front porch was destroyed. Debris was scattered 200 to 300 yards. One building sustained minor damage. A large fifth wheel trailer weighing about 3,000 pounds was moved over 20 feet. Begin/End: 33.4554/87.0004 |
| March 1996 | Hail | Graysville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Graysville | $8,000 | Quarter size hail was reported in Graysville. |
| February 2004 | Flash Flood | Graysville | $8,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Graysville | $3,000 | Quarter to golf ball size hail was observed in Graysville. Fifty-three (53) mph wind gusts were measured at an amateur weather station. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graysville | $2,000 | Trees down in Birmingport. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graysville | $2,000 | A few trees were blown down on Seventh Circle and on Alden Drive in Graysville. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Graysville | $2,000 | Half dollar size hail was reported in Graysville. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Graysville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| November 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graysville | - | Numerous trees uprooted between the towns of Graysville and Brookside. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graysville | - | Several trees snapped near the town of Graysville. |
| April 2020 | Flash Flood | Graysville | - | Flash flooding reported across the Birmingham Metro area. Evacuations of homes in the town of Graysville. Vehicles stranded due to high water in the city of Bessemer. Flooded roadways in the cities of Mountain Brook and Cahaba Heights. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Graysville | - | Large tree limbs were downed in Trussville and three-quarter inch hail was reported in Leeds and Graysville. |
| March 1994 | Hail | Graysville | - | Trees and power lines reported down in Hueytown. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Graysville | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Graysville | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Graysville | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Graysville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood Hills | 0.5 miles | 28 | |
| Red Wine | 0.6 miles | 28 | |
| Graysville Heights | 0.6 miles | 28 | |
| Glasgow | 1.2 miles | 28 | |
| Longview Estates | 1.3 miles | 28 | |
| Alden | 1.3 miles | 28 | |
| Blossburg | 1.5 miles | 28 | |
| Adamsville | 1.6 miles | 28 |
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 Graysville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q80020 | 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 119311. 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.













