Lawley, Alabama
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Centreville-Brent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36793. It stands on Little Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maplesville West quadrangle. It stands 423 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1891 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Maplesville West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Maplesville West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
72 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Lawley between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,646 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 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 burning | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190925-10 |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lawley: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kyanite, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bib 2 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Brand Prospect | Kyanite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lawley in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Lawley | $25,000 | no account filed |
| December 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Lawley | $15,000 | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in Bibb County and assessed damage that was consistent with a tornado. An EF-0 tornado with winds of 70 to 80 mph briefly touched down between Lawley and Randolph in southeast Bibb County. Damage along the beginning of the path was only 50 yards wide. This was along Hwy 82, where only large limbs were broken. The tornado then lifted just east of County Road 36. Here, the damage was 150 yards wide with numerous trees uprooted and snapped. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawley | $10,000 | Numerous trees were blown down across the southern portion of Bibb County, and many roadways were blocked as a result. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawley | $10,000 | Trees were blown down near Lawley Post Office. A tree was blown down on a house on Oakley Station Road. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawley | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Lawley | $8,000 | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawley | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down on US 82 in Lawley. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawley | $2,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down near US 82 along the Bibb and Chilton County line. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawley | - | Trees were downed in the Lawley area. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawley | - | Trees and powerlines were reported down in the Randolph and Lawley communities. |
| February 1998 | Hail | Lawley | - | Dime size hail was reported covering the ground in Lawley. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Sand Mountain | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Maud | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Tabernacle | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Tucker | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Randolph | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Cox | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Trio | 5.3 miles | 11 |
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 Lawley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6503637 | The 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 159915. 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.







