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Lim Rock, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Paint Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35776. It lies near Gentles Cove. The Survey maps it on the Lim Rock quadrangle. It stands 620 feet above sea level.

Lim Rock within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

31 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Lim Rock between 1994 and 2017, burning about 323 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-10
7 September 1999Debris and open burning30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160922-2
21 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160921-3
7 August 2006Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 June 2007Equipment and vehicle use20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20150615-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

16 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lim Rock in 16 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Tornado (EF0)Lim Rock$53,300A brief tornado touched down just before County Road 525, crossing County Road 30, before dissipating just shy of the railroad tracks north of Highway 35. A narrow path of hard and softwood tree damage was noted along this path, consistent with 85mph winds (EF0) damage. Further south of this track, sporadic tree damage was noted along County Road 30 north of Highway 35.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindLim Rock$10,000Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and damaged some mobile homes.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindLim Rock$6,000Several trees were reported down in on highway 35 in the Larkinsville/Lim Rock area.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLim Rock$4,000Large trees were uprooted and a few snapped at the top as well.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindLim Rock$2,000A power pole was reported down off of CR 30. Time was estimated from radar.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLim Rock$2,000Large trees were snapped above the trunk.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindLim Rock$1,000A tree was reported down blocking the road at the intersection of CR 82 and CR 30.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindLim Rock$1,000A tree was knocked down blocking both lanes about 1/2 of a mile from CR 30 along CR 82. Time was estimated from radar.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindLim Rock$1,000A tree was reported down blocking both lanes on CR 84 at CR 82 in the Scottsboro area.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLim Rock$1,000Large softwood tree branches were broken.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindLim Rock$200A tree was knocked down onto the road at 2504 State Highway 35 in Lim Rock.
May 2025HailLim Rock-Quarter size hail was reported at this location.
March 2021Flash FloodLim Rock-Approximately 6 inches of water covering CR 30 in multiple locations, including CR119.
February 2018Flash FloodLim Rock-Over a foot of water covering CR 11 in a few spots between Highways 72 and 35.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindLim Rock-A few power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
May 2003Flash FloodLim Rock-county road 35 with several inches of water over road.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Larkinsville3.6 miles21
Aspel3.7 miles21
Pierceton (historical)3.9 miles21
Dry Cove (historical)4.3 miles21
Wininger5.1 miles21
Woodville5.5 miles25
Letcher5.7 miles22
Little Nashville6.0 miles22

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 Lim RockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20657950The 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 154471. 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.

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.