Hammondville, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Valley Head-Mentone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35989. It stands on Thomas Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dugout Valley quadrangle. 425 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 997 feet above sea level.
On record in Hammondville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Vance C. Larmore Houselisted 2004
Population over time
2 figuresHammondville fell from 488 to 425 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 | 488 | |
| 2020 | 425 | -63 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1886 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Dugout Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Dugout Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Dugout Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Dugout Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
237 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 237 fires within 5 miles of Hammondville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,710 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 118 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 | 118 |
| Debris and open burning | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20120924-001 |
| 24 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160921-2 |
| 20 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO RD 759, VALLEY HEAD ALABAMA, AL |
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190919-16 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Hammondville: 7 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Clay, Water, Free. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consolidated #2 | Aluminum, Water, Free | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Dek 5 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Clyde Hulgen Iron Property | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Jesse Manning Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
7 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hammondville in 7 storm reports between 2003 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. The reports record 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammondville | 3 hurt, $500 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree on hwy 40 and county road 117. Reports indicate that multiple vehicles struck the downed tree with injuries sustained. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammondville | $5,000 | A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds at the intersection of County road 236 and County road 101, near Hammondville. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Hammondville | $5,000 | several trees uprooted and snapped along with one home having minor roof damage. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammondville | $1,000 | A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds near the intersection of U.S. 11 and county road 239, just north of Hammondville, Alabama. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammondville | $1,000 | A severe thunderstorm moved northwest to southeast across southern portions of Hammondville, resulting in several trees downed and numerous power outages along County Roads 608, 751, and 752. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammondville | $500 | A tree and power lines were knocked down onto Highway 40. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Hammondville | - | Quarter size hail was reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Head | 1.1 miles | 22 | |
| Mentone | 1.9 miles | 22 | |
| Council Bluff | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Riverdale | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Mays Gulf (historical) | 3.2 miles | 22 | |
| Cordell (historical) | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Kaolin | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| New Home | 4.1 miles | 22 |
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 Hammondville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q66640 | 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 150276. 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.











