Louisville, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Louisville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36048. The Survey maps it on the Louisville quadrangle. 395 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 551 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLouisville fell from 519 to 395 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 | 519 | |
| 2020 | 395 | -124 (-24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
47 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Louisville between 1994 and 2017, burning about 227 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170922-1 |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2000 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 97 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 97 workings within 5 miles of Louisville: 33 prospects, 33 past producers, 28 unknowns, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bar 1 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Bar 16 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Bar 17 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Louisville in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2005 | Hail | Louisville | $35,000 | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Louisville | $8,000 | A severe thunderstorm dumped a swath of large hail over a 15 mile area in Barbour County. The hail fell from near Louisville to near Bakerhill with the largest pieces as big as half dollars. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | $6,000 | Several trees were blown down and one barn was destroyed in Louisville. |
| March 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | $6,000 | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Louisville | $4,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported in the Louisville area, reported by the state trooper post. |
| January 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were knocked down in and around Louisville. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Louisville | $1,000 | Quarter size hail fell across southern Barbour County from near Louisville to near Texasville. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Louisville | - | Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sally produced rainfall amounts of 9-12 inches across Barbour County, resulting in numerous flooded roadways, mainly across the southern portion of the county. A car was swept in river when a bridge washed out along Jack Hightower Road. No injuries reported. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Louisville | - | Penny size hail was reported near the intersection of CR 44 and CR 9 in northwestern Barbour County. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Louisville | - | Dime size hail was reported on CR 33 near Louisville. Dime size hail was also observed in the Edgefield area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxters | 2.2 miles | 7 | |
| Hobdy | 2.5 miles | 7 | |
| Pratts | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| Lindsey | 4.9 miles | 7 | |
| Tyler Crossroads | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Clio | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Greens Crossroads | 7.4 miles | 7 | |
| Boot Hill | 7.9 miles | 7 |
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 Louisville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q67924 | 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 122049. 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.




