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Houstonville, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fairhope census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36532. It lies near Tatumville Gully. The Survey maps it on the Daphne quadrangle.

Houstonville within Baldwin County

On record in Houstonville

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 within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

34 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Houstonville between 1995 and 2018, burning about 267 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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 burning17
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20180807-3
31 July 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20140801-002
31 July 2010Natural25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 June 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 May 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission11036 CO RD 32, AL
19 May 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 April 2010Natural3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 April 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Houstonville: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerClay, Quartz

Every working recorded in Baldwin County

Storms near this place

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Houstonville in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 2 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
July 2013Flash FloodHoustonville$75,000Baldwin County Emergency Management relayed Baldwin County Sherriff's Office report of multiple homes flooded on Highway 181 north of Twin Beech Road and County Road 44.
August 2025Flash FloodHoustonville-Social media video shows flooding on Boothe Road near Twin Beech Road.

Every storm recorded in Baldwin 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
Loyola Villa1.3 miles21
Magnolia Beach1.3 miles21
Fairhope1.5 miles21
Battles Wharf1.5 miles18
Point Clear2.2 miles18
Volanta2.2 miles21
Seacliff3.0 miles21
Montrose4.4 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 120468. 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.