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Lillian, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Elberta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36549. It stands on Caney Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lillian quadrangle. 1,330 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 16 feet above sea level.

Lillian within Baldwin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

124 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Lillian between 1993 and 2020, burning about 6,219 acres in total. 7 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 burning46
Equipment and vehicle use17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism13
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks2
Smoking1

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 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHARBOR PLACE (17)
19 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBAUER RD (17)-0479
26 August 2000Misuse of fire by a minor7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lillian: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Koehler QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerClay, Quartz

Every working recorded in Baldwin County

Storms near this place

10 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lillian in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 death. 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
May 2014FloodLillian1 killedA 91 year old man died after he went around a barricade and fell in a sinkhole.
September 2011Tornado (EF1)Lillian$200,000The tornado moved off the Gulf of Mexico in Perdido Key, Florida and continued moving north-northwest into southeastern Baldwin county near Lillian. The tornado moved off of Perdido Bay near Spanish Cove, south of Lillian. A brick home on Clubhouse Drive was destroyed when a large tree fell on the house. A house across the street suffered roof and chimney damage. The tornado continued north-northwest into a K.O.A. campground, downing and snapping trees as well as rolling a recreation vehicle onto its side. The last location of noted damage was to trees in the Spanish Cove West subdivision.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindLillian$10,000Winds estimated at 70 mph caused damage to a barn...pump house and the back porch of a trailer.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindLillian$5,000High winds blew several boats off a dry dock at a boat storage business.
October 2025Flash FloodLillian-Heavy rain caused yard and road flooding.
December 2018Flash FloodLillian-Fast moving water across several roads was reported near County Road 99 and Highway 98 in Lillian.
September 2008Funnel CloudLillian-Funnel cloud reported over Lillian.
May 2007Flash FloodLillian-Heavy rains in a short period of time caused several roads in the southeast part of the county to flood. The roads had to be closed for about an hour due to the high water. Estimates of 5 to 6 inches of rain fell across the area.
March 2024HailLillian-no account filed
April 2021HailLillian-no account filed

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
Perdido Beach6.2 miles19
Seminole7.3 miles16
Josephine7.8 miles19
Elberta8.5 miles17
Miflin9.7 miles19
Caswell9.9 miles19
Swift10.4 miles17
Orange Beach10.9 miles19

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 LillianAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3709392The 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 121615. 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.