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Kinsey, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dothan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36303. It stands on Burdeshaw Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Headland quadrangle. 2,203 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 328 feet above sea level.

Kinsey within Houston County

Population over time

3 figures

Kinsey grew from 1,796 to 2,203 between 2000 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.

YearPeople Change
20001,796
20102,198+402 (+22%)
20202,203+5 (+0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

38 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Kinsey between 1995 and 2020, burning about 194 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking1
Natural1
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
2 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20140902-001
14 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2000Natural14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2020Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200802-2
26 July 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200726-1
16 July 2002Arson/incendiarism5.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20120710-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Kinsey: 18 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Kaolin. 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
Harbison-Walker Refractories PitAluminum, KaolinPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Houston County

Storms near this place

18 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kinsey in 18 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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
March 2026Tornado (EF1)Kinsey$75,000A tornado touched down on Waldon Road south of Kinsey, AL where a home sustained very minor shingle damage. As the tornado travelled east along Lynn Jarvis Road, it tore the roof off a small shed. and snapped a tree. The tornado strengthened to an EF1 as it approached Glenwood Estates, uprooting and snapping several trees within that community. As the tornado approached Gilly Mill Road, it was nearing peak intensity as it lifted an outbuilding vertically from its moorings and tossed it into a tree. The tornado then weakened and possibly briefly lifted before damaging an awning on Randall Wade Road. The tornado then lifted near CR 55, but not before snapping support posts of a large outbuilding, including repurposed telephone poles, allowing the entire structure to shift several feet. This movement toppled a concrete structure within the outbuilding. Maximum sustained winds were estimated to be 110 mph.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindKinsey$10,000Numerous trees and several power lines down. Reported by the Houston County EMA.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindKinsey$10,000Houston County EMA reported a canopy cover and flag pole blown over as well as scattered trees and power lines down.
March 2021Tornado (EF0)Kinsey$2,000An EF0 tornado touched down in northwestern Houston County near Cedar Creek. Small trees and branches were snapped along Faulkner Rd and Suggs Rd. A carport on Suggs Rd sustained damage. The tornado then tracked northeast into Henry County, snapping some small trees and branches along Burdeshow Rd before lifting just south of Headland. Max winds were estimated around 80 mph.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindKinsey$1,000Power lines and limbs were blown down on Mill Street.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindKinsey$1,000A pine tree was blown down onto a power line along Kinsey Road.
March 2014Thunderstorm WindKinsey$1,000A cable line was pulled down by strong winds at the 250 block of Nomad Circle.
June 2023Flash FloodKinsey-Flooding occurred on portions of US Highway 431 near Kinsey.
June 2023Flash FloodKinsey-Flooding was reported on portions of WH Graddy Road and Broad Street.
June 2023Flash FloodKinsey-A car was stuck in the median on US Highway 431 with flooding up to the passenger window.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindKinsey-A tree was blown down near Suggs road and Headland Ave.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindKinsey-A tree was blown down on County Road 22 near the Houston-Henry county line.
February 2018FloodKinsey-Suggs Road was completely closed due to flooding from a long duration of moderate to occasionally heavy rain. This road is near a small creek that likely overflowed.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindKinsey-Several trees were blown down in the Kinsey and Webb areas.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindKinsey-A large oak tree was snapped in Kinsey.
July 2014HailKinsey-Hail larger than a quarter was reported at the intersection of Highway 431 and Remington Drive.
March 2002HailKinsey-Dime size hail. Reported by the NWS office in Birmingham.
March 2011HailKinsey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Houston 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
Bama Dale2.8 miles8
Young America3.3 miles8
Oakland Estates3.3 miles8
Smyrna4.5 miles9
Webb4.6 miles7
Denton Acres4.8 miles8
Sherwood Forest4.8 miles8
Woodsvale5.0 miles8

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 KinseyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q66385The 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 121244. 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.