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Longview, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Vinemont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35179. The Survey maps it on the Falkville quadrangle.

Longview within Cullman 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

89 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Longview between 1997 and 2020, burning about 456 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 burning49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160924-16
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140924-002
23 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190922-7

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cullman County

Storms near this place

6 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Longview in 6 storm reports between 2017 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 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
April 2025Thunderstorm WindLongview$1,000A tree was knocked down blocking the roadway at 400 CR 1442.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLongview$1,000A tree was knocked down at 30 CR 1184. Time estimated by radar.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindLongview$1,000A few trees were knocked down on Interstate 65, about 5 miles north of Cullman.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindLongview$500Numerous large tree limbs were down along Interstate 65 about one mile north of exit 310.
February 2026HailLongview-Hail up to 2.25 inches in diameter was estimated by a photo on CR 1269. Time estimated by radar.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindLongview-Pine trees with a diameter of 1.5 feet were snapped. Personal weather station measured a wind gust of 87 mph.

Every storm recorded in Cullman 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
Vinemont1.2 miles19
South Vinemont1.4 miles19
Southern Pines2.0 miles17
Pine Hill2.3 miles17
North Vinemont2.6 miles17
Northwood2.8 miles19
Centerville2.9 miles20
Dyers Crossroads3.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 122022. 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.