Hinton, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Gilbertown-Toxey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36904. It stands on Phillips Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hinton quadrangle.

Hinton within Choctaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1953 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
1974 USGS Hinton quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Hinton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,484 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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	21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19
Debris and open burning	16
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Smoking	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 2019	Arson/incendiarism	32 acres	Mississippi Forestry Commission	6687
29 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	40 acres	Mississippi Forestry Commission	6671
27 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20200910-1
6 August 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Mississippi Forestry Commission	MS0 1010-3120806001
19 July 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
19 July 2006	Arson/incendiarism	73 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
19 July 2006	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Choctaw County

Storms near this place

4 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hinton in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2019: 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
April 2011	Tornado (EF1)	Hinton	$150,000	Tornado crossed from Clarke County, Mississippi and continued northeast crossing near Lisman. The tornado continued northeast crossing Highway 17 just north of Jachin before lifting. Several trees and power lines were snapped off or blown over by the tornado along the path. Major structural damage to a home was reported by Emergency Management in Lisman.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Hinton	$15,000	A severe thunderstorm downed trees from Hinton across CR 9 near Riderwood. Trees were also downed in Butler.
December 2019	Tornado (EF1)	Hinton	-	Tornado moved into Choctaw County AL from Clarke County MS along CR 20. Several softwood trees were snapped and hardwoods uprooted along CR 20. As the tornado moved northeast, tree damage continued along Hinton Rd and Faith Rd in the Hinton community. Minor roof damage occurred to a home along Hinton road and a single wide modular home was flipped on its side and heavily damaged. The track continued \|northeast across Rock Gap Rd and eventually across Mt. Nebo Rd where \|numerous hard and softwoods were uprooted or snapped. A roof of a two \|story home was partially removed along Highway 10 and several large \|hardwood trees were uprooted. The tornado crossed highway 10 where it \|lifted just west of Ruffintown Rd. The damage along the Choctaw County \|portion of the track was consistent with a high end EF-1. \|\|This tornado is a continuation of a track that began in Jones County \|MS and produced EF-3 damage in Laurel. Based on information from NWS\|Jackson, the tornado tracked a total of 51 miles from Jones County \|northeast into Clarke County MS. The tornado continued an additional\|10 miles in Choctaw County AL before lifting.
March 2016	Flash Flood	Hinton	-	Heavy rain caused water to flow over the roadway at Mosley Bridge Road.

Every storm recorded in Choctaw 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Rock Springs	4.1 miles	8
West Butler	5.9 miles	8
Cyril	6.0 miles	8
Riderwood	6.6 miles	8
Turner	7.4 miles	12
Land	7.5 miles	8
Pushmataha	8.4 miles	8
Eiler	9.0 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156481. 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.