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Lakeview, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Guntersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35976. It lies near Big Spring Valley. The Survey maps it on the Guntersville quadrangle.

Lakeview within Marshall County

On record in Lakeview

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

68 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Lakeview between 1994 and 2019, burning about 736 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 13 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 burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism13
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural3
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2006Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2006Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Debris and open burning50 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lakeview: 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Kennmer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Langford Mine and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mal 1b Clay ProspectClayProspect
Unnamed QuarrySilicaProducer

Every working recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

17 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakeview in 17 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
October 2010LightningLakeview1 hurtA woman was struck by lightning. Thankfully injuries were minor enough that she declined medical treatment. Time estimated based on radar.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindLakeview$40,000Trees and powerlines were blown down in many locations in the central portion of Guntersville. These locations included: along Gunter Avenue near the intersection of Highway 79/431, in front of the Guntersville Museum on Rayburn Avenue, the corner of Rayburn and Loveless Street, and on Greenwood Street just off of Gunter Avenue. Additionally, other damage including an metal awning being ripped off of the RSVP building near May Street.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindLakeview$10,000Several trees were knocked down onto power lines causing an outage. The damage occurred on Skyline Drive and Gordon Street.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindLakeview$8,000Several trees were blown down on Willowbeach road.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindLakeview$2,000Several power lines were blown down across Sunset Dr. and Lurleen B Wallace Dr.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindLakeview$1,000Trees and power lines were knocked down on Wyeth Lane. Time estimated by radar.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindLakeview$500One tree was knocked down blocking Hill Avenue.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindLakeview$500A tree was knocked down on Gunter Avenue.
April 2025HailLakeview-Ping Pong size hail was reported at this location.
April 2025HailLakeview-Two inch in diameter hail was estimated from pictures sent in to office at the Top of the River restaurant in Guntersville, AL.
June 2022Flash FloodLakeview-Portions of Gunter Avenue and Sunset Drive closed due to flash flooding in Guntersville. Depth of water unknown.
June 2022Flash FloodLakeview-Retaining wall collapsed due to heavy rainfall at Guntersville Public Library.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLakeview-Power poles were knocked down by thunderstorm wind gusts on the Warrenton Causeway.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindLakeview-Thunderstorm winds bent and snapped at least 15 wooden power poles along Highway 227 along the causeway east of downtown Guntersville. Time estimated by radar.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindLakeview-Six large wooden power poles were knocked down.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindLakeview-Widespread power outages were reported in the Guntersville area.
June 2011HailLakeview-Nickel size hail was reported.

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
Mill Village0.7 miles22
Sunrise Shores0.7 miles22
Crossroads0.8 miles22
Country Club Estates1.2 miles22
Meadow Wood1.3 miles22
Lindsay Lane1.5 miles22
Southtown1.5 miles22
Guntersville Shores1.8 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 121332. 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.