Lawrenceville, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Abbeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36310. The Survey maps it on the Lawrenceville quadrangle. It stands 528 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Lawrenceville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Clopton quadrangle1:50000
Fires near this place
70 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Lawrenceville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 483 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.3 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190929-13 |
| 24 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190923-22 |
| 21 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190921-25 |
| 21 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190918-4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 99 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 99 workings within 5 miles of Lawrenceville: 64 occurrences, 25 past producers, 5 prospects, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Water, Free, Clay, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbour County Mines Pit 2 | Fire Clay (Refractory), Aluminum | Producer | ||
| Henry County Pit | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Barbour County Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Mathison Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Lynn | Aluminum, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1942 | |
| Mathison 1 | Aluminum, Water, Free | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Mathison 2 | Aluminum, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1942 | |
| Wilson 6 | Aluminum, Water, Free | Past Producer | Surface | |
| B E Kelly Deposit A | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| B E Kelly Deposit B | Aluminum | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lawrenceville in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawrenceville | $10,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the northern portions of Henry County with one home with structural damage. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawrenceville | $3,000 | Trees were blown and blocked County Road 29. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawrenceville | $2,000 | Scattered trees and power lines were blown down around the area. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawrenceville | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on County Road 54. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawrenceville | $1,000 | A tree was blown down along County Road 119. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawrenceville | $1,000 | Several downed trees west of U.S. Highway 431 reported by the Henry County EMA. |
| January 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Lawrenceville | - | An EF0 tornado with max winds of 85 mph briefly touched down about 1.5 miles north of Abbeville. A semi was blown off the road with no injuries, and tree damage occurred. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Lawrenceville | - | Dime sized hail reported 10 miles northeast of Abbeville (5 miles east of Lawrenceville) along State Highway 95. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottsboro Crossroads | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Graball | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Edwin | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Abbeville | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Screamer | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Otho | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Coates | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Wills Crossroads | 8.5 miles | 8 |
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 Lawrenceville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21196461 | 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 121437. 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.





