Lynntown, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Somerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35670. It stands on Six Mile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Center Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1888 USGS Cullman quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Cullman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Center Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Center Grove quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Center Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
58 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Lynntown between 1993 and 2019, burning about 766 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 23 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 | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180915-4 |
| 14 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 260 WATER TOWER ROAD, AL |
| 19 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160704-18 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lynntown: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant No. 5 Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lynntown in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynntown | - | The survey concluded that microburst winds led to the damage reported. The swath of damage extended approximately 1 mile in width and 0.6 mile in length, mainly along and adjacent to Cotaco Florette Road and Fowler Cove Road. The survey team focused on two main areas: the northern extent of the swath on Dotson Road and the southern extent along Cotaco Florette Road. Along the southern extent, significant tree damage was observed with several hickory trees either snapped or uprooted with numerous large branches down. Debris was oriented west to west-southwest. Winds peaked at the southern portion of the damage swath with an estimated 76 mph.||Further north, the survey team observed a couple of Bradford Pear trees uprooted with numerous small and large branches knocked down, all oriented to the west. Winds on the northern end of the swath were estimated at 55 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florette | 1.0 miles | 20 | |
| Union | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Stringer | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Six Mile | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Woodland Mills | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Pence | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| West Point | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Peach Grove (historical) | 3.5 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122566661 | 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 122127. 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.









