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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1921 USGS Fort Barrancas quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Fort Barrancas quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Fort Barrancas quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Perdido Bay North quadrangle1:25000
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Lillian quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1978 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Lillian quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
124 since 1993Regional 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 burning | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HARBOR PLACE (17) |
| 19 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BAUER RD (17)-0479 |
| 26 August 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koehler Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Producer | Clay, Quartz |
Storms near this place
10 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | Flood | Lillian | 1 killed | A 91 year old man died after he went around a barricade and fell in a sinkhole. |
| September 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Lillian | $200,000 | The 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lillian | $10,000 | Winds estimated at 70 mph caused damage to a barn...pump house and the back porch of a trailer. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lillian | $5,000 | High winds blew several boats off a dry dock at a boat storage business. |
| October 2025 | Flash Flood | Lillian | - | Heavy rain caused yard and road flooding. |
| December 2018 | Flash Flood | Lillian | - | Fast moving water across several roads was reported near County Road 99 and Highway 98 in Lillian. |
| September 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Lillian | - | Funnel cloud reported over Lillian. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Lillian | - | 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 2024 | Hail | Lillian | - | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Lillian | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perdido Beach | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Seminole | 7.3 miles | 16 | |
| Josephine | 7.8 miles | 19 | |
| Elberta | 8.5 miles | 17 | |
| Miflin | 9.7 miles | 19 | |
| Caswell | 9.9 miles | 19 | |
| Swift | 10.4 miles | 17 | |
| Orange Beach | 10.9 miles | 19 |
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 Lillian | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3709392 | 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 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.









