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Lineville, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Lineville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36266. The Survey maps it on the Lineville West quadrangle. 2,489 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,056 feet above sea level.

Lineville within Clay County

Population over time

2 figures

Lineville grew from 2,395 to 2,489 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,395
20202,489+94 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

135 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Lineville between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,268 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 41 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
Arson/incendiarism41
Debris and open burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
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 1998Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use40 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-37
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionTYSON RD, AL
12 September 1997Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Lineville: 13 past producers, 8 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Graphite, Mica, Copper, Arsenic, Lead. 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
Ashland DistrictGraphite, Vanadium, MicaPast ProducerBEDDED
Carbon MountainGraphite, Mica, VanadiumPast Producer1917
East Clay County Gibbsite ProspectAluminumOccurrence1977
Jennings-Republic AreaGraphite, Vanadium, MicaPast Producer1914
Old Copper Mine ProspectCopper, Arsenic, LeadProspect
Suggs Beryl ProspectBeryllium, MicaOccurrence
Barfield MineMicaPast Producer
Barfield ProspectMicaProspect
Four Pits ProspectMicaProspect
Gibbs Lubricating Co. ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

30 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lineville in 30 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
June 2018Thunderstorm WindLineville1 hurtLineville city police reported a fatality when a large tree fell on a moving vehicle. The vehicle was traveling on Martha Street.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindLineville$100,000Thunderstorm wind destroyed a maintenance building and a tire company building in the Lineville Industrial Park South. A house on Highway 9 east of Ashland was heavily damaged when a large tree fell on it. Several mobile homes in the area sustained light to moderate damage.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindLineville$50,000Numerous trees were blown down across the northern portion of the county.
November 2001Tornado (F1)Lineville$50,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindLineville$25,000What appeared to be a rather typical evening thunderstorm produced an apparent downburst that downed trees and power lines on the south and west side of Lineville. A storm survey of the damage confirmed a divergent pattern in the scattered tree damage. Several large structures including an armory and a high school gymnasium sustained minor roof damage. The most significant damage occurred when a large limb - about a foot and a half in diameter - crashed through the roof of a well-built brick home. The area of damage was about 4 tenths of a mile wide and just short of a mile in length.
March 1996HailLineville$12,000no account filed
August 1996HailLineville$10,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindLineville$5,000A building at Lineville High School received unspecified damage. Several trees were blown down around the city.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindLineville$5,000A roof was blown off a workshop along Highway 9.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindLineville$4,000A few trees were knocked down along SR 9 in Lineville.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindLineville$3,000Trees were blown down at several locations in and around the city of Lineville.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Lineville$3,000A very weak tornado apparently touched down just north of the center of Lineville and moved east-northeast ending east of SR 9. Damage was very minor and included several broken trees and some minor roof damage.Beg: 33 18.877/85 45.308 End: 33 19.042/85 44.105
August 2006Thunderstorm WindLineville$2,000Power lines were blown down.
March 2003Thunderstorm WindLineville$2,000A few trees and power lines were knocked down near Lineville. One tree fell on a roof causing minor damage.
November 2001Thunderstorm WindLineville$2,000Power lines were blown down between Ashland and Lineville.
March 2000HailLineville$2,000Dime to quarter size hail was reported in the Union area, north of Lineville on SR 49.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLineville$1,000Several trees were blown down on AL-48 in Lineville.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLineville-Several trees were downed around Lineville, some of which were larger in size.
December 2013FloodLineville-Alabama Highway 49 was closed between mile markers 68 and 70 due to heavy rain producing flooding. Storm total accumulations in the county were at least 5.3 inches.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindLineville-A tree was uprooted and fell on powerlines near Blakes Ferry Road.
June 2005HailLineville-Dime to Penny size hail was reported by local police near Lineville.
December 2005HailLineville-Golf ball size hail fell on County Road 48 just east of Lineville.
April 2001HailLineville-One inch diameter size hail was reported in Lineville.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindLineville-Two trees were blown down onto a power line in northeast Clay County just north of Lineville.
May 1998HailLineville-Dime size hail was reported by storm spotters in Lineville .
May 1995HailLineville-Three-quarters to one-inch hail was reported at Mellow Valley in the southeastern quarter of Clay County, about eight miles south of Lineville along Highway 49.
May 2022HailLineville-no account filed
April 2017HailLineville-no account filed
March 2013HailLineville-no account filed
July 2012HailLineville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clay 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
Midway2.1 miles12
Shiloh3.7 miles12
Barfield4.0 miles12
Watts Crossroads4.4 miles12
Highland4.9 miles12
Ashland5.0 miles12
Concord5.0 miles12
Berwick5.1 miles12

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 LinevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79209The 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 159953. 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.