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Malvern, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Slocomb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36375. The Survey maps it on the Malvern quadrangle. 1,536 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 282 feet above sea level.

Malvern within Geneva County

Population over time

3 figures

Malvern grew from 1,215 to 1,536 between 2000 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.

YearPeople Change
20001,215
20101,448+233 (+19%)
20201,536+88 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

49 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Malvern between 1994 and 2020, burning about 296 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20140904-001
28 September 2003Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use19 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD 49, AL
14 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20140808-002
31 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 103, AL
4 June 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 June 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190628-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Geneva County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Malvern: 4 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gen 1 Clay ProspectClayProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Geneva County

Storms near this place

23 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Malvern in 23 storm reports between 2004 and 2026: 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 flash flood, 2 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
February 2013Flash FloodMalvern$100,000Water entered homes on College Street in Malvern. Monetary damage was estimated.
April 2022Tornado (EF0)Malvern$75,000An EF0 tornado initially tracked through portions of Malvern, AL. The path began near Firecracker Road where some minor damage was found. The tornado then crossed the Magnolia Grove Mobile Home Community along Wynwood Ln where more notable damage occurred. The stairway of one home was displaced about 5 ft from the front door. An adjacent mobile home suffered major roof loss, while another near the community entrance had a wooden projectile impale its side. The tornado then caused some damage along County Road 93 between Malvern Highway and East College Avenue where mostly broken tree limbs were found. Additional damage occurred in portions of Rehobeth along Branton Road near South Park Avenue, mostly to a few outbuildings with a large uprooted tree leaning against a home. The end point is near Porter Road just off County Road 203 where two large oak trees were uprooted at two neighboring properties. One large tree trunk also snapped and fell on top of a home's living room. The max estimated winds were 85 mph.
January 2017Tornado (EF1)Malvern$50,000A tornado touched down in Geneva County near the Houston County border along Rehobeth Road before lifting after crossing US 231 just east of the National Peanut Festival Grounds in Houston county. In Geneva County, the tornado debarked and denuded several large trees and removed the roof from a home under construction. In addition, numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. In Houston County, the most significant damage occurred at the National Peanut Festival grounds. Multiple buildings were damaged or destroyed and several utility poles were snapped. This tornado was rated EF1 in Geneva county and EF2 in Houston county. Max winds in Houston county were estimated at 115 mph. Damage cost was estimated.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindMalvern$30,000Two homes damaged on County Roads 49 and 93. Reported by the Geneva County EMA.
March 2012Tornado (EF0)Malvern$25,000A weak tornado touched down near the intersection of County Road 73 and Scott Road, knocking down a few trees in this location. This tornado continued northeastward a short distance where a few houses experienced minor roof damage near 1984 N County Road 49. The tornado then lifted shortly afterwards. The damage was consistent was an EF0 tornado with maximum winds around 80 mph. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMalvern$4,000Several trees were blown down across the eastern part of the county, including Slocomb high school. Monetary damage was estimated.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindMalvern$3,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down near Slocomb and Malvern, primarily along South County Road 49.
April 2022Tornado (EF1)Malvern$3,000A very brief tornado touched down in a field just northwest of Malvern Highway and Scott Road. The tornado caused damage to crops in the field and then destroyed a rather well build carport, pulling anchor bolts from concrete and lag bolts from wooden posts. The tornado quickly dissipated before crossing Malvern Highway. This tornado was rated EF1 with max winds estimated at 90 mph.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindMalvern$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down around Malvern with debris in the roadway.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindMalvern$3,000Power lines were blown down around Malvern. Monetary damage was estimated.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindMalvern$2,000The back porch awning of a house was damaged in Malvern.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMalvern$1,000Shingle damage occurred to a residence on H Merritt Road. There were also some tree limbs blown down in the area, but no trees were reported down.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindMalvern-Trees were down on CR73.
July 2025Flash FloodMalvern-The public reported via social media that water was above a back porch and flowing like a river in the Malvern area.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMalvern-A tree was blown down along S County Road 49.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindMalvern-A tree was blown down on County Road 49.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindMalvern-Damage was reported to fencing and trees in the Malvern area.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindMalvern-Trees were reported as snapped in Malvern.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindMalvern-An NWS Survey Team determined that some damage in the Rehobeth area was caused by strong straight line winds on the southern flank of a tornado just to the north. Damage consisted of numerous large trees snapped or uprooted. One mobile home was split by a large tree, resulting in four fatalities in Houston county. The damage pattern along this path was not convergent and was noticeably south of the path of the tornado vortex. This damage extended from far eastern Geneva county into Houston county.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMalvern-A tree blew down near 2192 North County Road 49.
February 2013Flash FloodMalvern-Water was running over Shiver Road near the Geneva-Houston county line and also affecting nearby fields.
March 2005HailMalvern-Golfball size hail reported by the Geneva Police Department.
May 2004HailMalvern-Baseball size hail reported by the Geneva County Sheriff.

Every storm recorded in Geneva 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
Slocomb4.5 miles11
Bailey Crossroads5.3 miles11
Bald Hill6.4 miles12
Fadette6.6 miles11
Dundee8.2 miles11
Hartford9.8 miles11
Whitaker (historical)9.8 miles11
Warwick (historical)10.8 miles11

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 MalvernAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q66630The 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 152214. 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.