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.
Population over time
2 figuresLineville 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,395 | |
| 2020 | 2,489 | +94 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1891 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Lineville West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
135 since 1994Regional 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/incendiarism | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-37 |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | TYSON RD, AL |
| 12 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland District | Graphite, Vanadium, Mica | Past Producer | BEDDED | |
| Carbon Mountain | Graphite, Mica, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| East Clay County Gibbsite Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | 1977 | |
| Jennings-Republic Area | Graphite, Vanadium, Mica | Past Producer | 1914 | |
| Old Copper Mine Prospect | Copper, Arsenic, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Suggs Beryl Prospect | Beryllium, Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Barfield Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Barfield Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Four Pits Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Gibbs Lubricating Co. Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
30 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lineville | 1 hurt | Lineville city police reported a fatality when a large tree fell on a moving vehicle. The vehicle was traveling on Martha Street. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lineville | $100,000 | Thunderstorm 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lineville | $50,000 | Numerous trees were blown down across the northern portion of the county. |
| November 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Lineville | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lineville | $25,000 | What 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 1996 | Hail | Lineville | $12,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Lineville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lineville | $5,000 | A building at Lineville High School received unspecified damage. Several trees were blown down around the city. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lineville | $5,000 | A roof was blown off a workshop along Highway 9. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lineville | $4,000 | A few trees were knocked down along SR 9 in Lineville. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lineville | $3,000 | Trees were blown down at several locations in and around the city of Lineville. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Lineville | $3,000 | A 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lineville | $2,000 | Power lines were blown down. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lineville | $2,000 | A few trees and power lines were knocked down near Lineville. One tree fell on a roof causing minor damage. |
| November 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lineville | $2,000 | Power lines were blown down between Ashland and Lineville. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Lineville | $2,000 | Dime to quarter size hail was reported in the Union area, north of Lineville on SR 49. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lineville | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down on AL-48 in Lineville. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lineville | - | Several trees were downed around Lineville, some of which were larger in size. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Lineville | - | 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lineville | - | A tree was uprooted and fell on powerlines near Blakes Ferry Road. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Lineville | - | Dime to Penny size hail was reported by local police near Lineville. |
| December 2005 | Hail | Lineville | - | Golf ball size hail fell on County Road 48 just east of Lineville. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Lineville | - | One inch diameter size hail was reported in Lineville. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lineville | - | Two trees were blown down onto a power line in northeast Clay County just north of Lineville. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Lineville | - | Dime size hail was reported by storm spotters in Lineville . |
| May 1995 | Hail | Lineville | - | 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 2022 | Hail | Lineville | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Lineville | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Lineville | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Lineville | - | 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.
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 Lineville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79209 | 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 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.





