Lynn, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Lynn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35575. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lynn quadrangle. 610 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 725 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLynn fell from 659 to 610 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 | 659 | |
| 2020 | 610 | -49 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lynn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
172 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of Lynn between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,156 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 82 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 | 82 |
| Debris and open burning | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
24 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lynn in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | $25,000 | One home had its roof blown off and numerous trees were knocked down in Lynn. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | $22,000 | Emergency Management Officials reported minor roof damage and trees and power lines blown down onCounty Road 25 between Lynn and Double Springs. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | $20,000 | Thunderstorm wind removed part of the roof to the concession stand at the Winston County Drag Strip in southwest Winston County. Several trees were also downed in the area. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were downed near the city of Lynn. Small hail of unknown size was also reported. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | $10,000 | A mobile home office was flipped onto it's side by thunderstorm wind. A few trees and large limbs were downed in the area as well. |
| January 2009 | Flash Flood | Lynn | $5,000 | Heavy rainfall washed out a bridge on CR-347, near the Lynn Community. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Lynn | $3,000 | Three-quarter inch hail was reported in Lynn, in the southwest part of the county. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | $2,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down in the Lynn community. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | $2,000 | A few trees were blown down on AL-5, near Lynn. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | - | Numerous trees were downed south of Natural Bridge, mainly between Highway 13 and Highway 5, including around Lynn. This resulted in power outages in the Lynn area. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | - | Several trees and limbs were downed in the Lynn and Natural Bridge areas and along County Road 2 north of Double Springs. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | - | Several trees uprooted in the town of Lynn. Numerous trees uprooted throughout Winston County. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | - | Several trees uprooted in the Lynn Community. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in the town of Lynn. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | - | Trees uprooted and power lines downed on County Road 1 in the town of Lynn. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines down in the town of Lynn. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | - | Several trees were blown down just northeast of Lynn. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | - | Trees were reported down in the town of Lynn. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | - | Several trees were blown down in the community of Lynn. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Lynn | - | Dime size hail fell in the Lynn area. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Lynn | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Lynn | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lynn | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| German Crossing | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| Black Swamp (historical) | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Larissa (historical) | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| High Point | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Farriss (historical) | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Kaeiser Bottoms (historical) | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Ashbank | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Natural Bridge | 4.2 miles | 11 |
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 Lynn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q67206 | 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 160013. 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.





