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Henryville, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Grant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35976. It lies near Roden Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Mount Carmel quadrangle.

Henryville within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 24 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

43 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Henryville between 1994 and 2018, burning about 674 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Other causes1

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
22 September 2015Other causes2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20150922-002
22 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2008Debris and open burning30 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionBISHOP MTN, AL
7 May 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 May 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 May 1996Smoking2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 April 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

11 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Henryville in 11 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 2010Thunderstorm WindHenryville$10,000Straight line winds damaged docks, roofs, and a boat at the River Bend Marina located on River Bend Circle. Part of the marina roof was removed and minor damage occurred to the boat at the marina.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHenryville$1,000Trees were knocked down blocking the road at Bakers Chapel Road and McDonald Road.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindHenryville$1,000Broadcast media relayed a social media report of thunderstorm winds at the Guntersville sailing marina pushing boats into each other and knocking over one of the docks. Exact damages unknown. Time estimated by radar.
September 2022Flash FloodHenryville-Water rising over a creek bank and an estimated 6 inches of water flowing over the road on Willow Lake Circle. Report relayed via social media.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindHenryville-Trees were knocked down at Willow Lake and Burroughs Drive.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindHenryville-A tree and power lines were knocked down on Bakers Chapel Road.
March 2017HailHenryville-Quarter sized hail was reported.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindHenryville-Thunderstorm winds knocked a tree down at U.S. Highway 431 at Rockstore Road.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindHenryville-Thunderstorm winds knocked a tree down at 3740 Bakers Chapel Road.
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Henryville-A tornado of EF-0 intensity producing peak wind speeds of 85 mph touched down new Bakers Chapel Lane, just south of Bakers Chapel Road. The most significant damage was an area of uprooted trees along Bakers Chapel Road just west of U.S. Highway 431 / State Highway 1. The tornado continued northeast and crossed State Highway 79 where a few tree tops were snapped.
May 2009HailHenryville-Nickel size hail was reported south of Grant at a boat launch located on highway 431 near the exit to Grant/Cathedral Caverns.

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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
Pinedale Shores0.4 miles24
Playground Shores0.9 miles24
North (historical)1.1 miles24
Claysville1.3 miles24
Johnson (historical)2.1 miles24
Buck Island Shores2.3 miles24
Half Acre Estates2.9 miles24
Columbus City2.9 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 119977. 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.