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Maplesville, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Maplesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36750. It stands on Byrd Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maplesville East quadrangle. 637 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 351 feet above sea level.

Maplesville within Chilton County

On record in Maplesville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Maplesville fell from 708 to 637 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.

YearPeople Change
2010708
2020637-71 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Maplesville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,473 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 20 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Debris and open burning35
Arson/incendiarism20
Recreation and ceremony10
Smoking2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1

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 1995Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-18
4 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burning35 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-8
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chilton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Maplesville: 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
EufaulaAluminumUnknownResidual
EufaulaAluminumPast ProducerGibbsite

Every working recorded in Chilton County

Storms near this place

33 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maplesville in 33 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 17 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 2 tornado, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2003HailMaplesville$110,000The supercell continued on an almost eastward path through Chilton County. A swath of hail up to 3 inches in diameter was reported. The hail covered the ground in a few locations. The largest hail fell just northwest of Maplesville while most of the remainder of the county experienced hail up to 1.50 inches in diameter. Several trees were also blown down near Clanton and near Maplesville. Funnel clouds and a roaring sound were reported as the storm moved across the county.
April 2003HailMaplesville$65,000The severe thunderstorm continued across southern Chilton County. Several trees were blown down along the path. Hail was observed up to 1.25 inches in diameter, but could have been larger. Many locations reported that the ground was totally covered by hail.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindMaplesville$50,000Trees and power lines were blown down around Maplesville. At least three homes and two mobile homes were damaged by the fallen trees. Fallen trees blocked the railroad tracks. Several outbuildings suffered varying degrees of roof damage.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindMaplesville$10,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMaplesville$5,000Trees were down in Maplesville.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMaplesville$4,000Numerous trees and large tree limbs were blown down throughout the town of Maplesville.
September 1996Thunderstorm WindMaplesville$4,000no account filed
July 2005Flash FloodMaplesville$3,000US Highway 82 was flooded near Maplesville. The roadway was temporarily impassable.
December 2000Thunderstorm WindMaplesville$3,000Several trees were blown down in Maplesville.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMaplesville$2,000A few trees were blown down on AL-139, near Maplesville.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindMaplesville$2,000A few large trees were uprooted along the AL-22 Truck Route, in Maplesville.
July 2002LightningMaplesville$2,000Lightning struck a tall pine tree next to a residence along SR 22 south-southwest of Maplesville and exploded the tree with debris being blown as much as 100 feet from the tree. The lightning caused about $2000 worth of damage to the residence primarily to electrical appliances and the telephones. All of the telephone wiring was burned and had to be replaced. The pine tree, normally containing lots of sap, was bone dry.
May 1998HailMaplesville$2,000Quarter size hail was reported southwest of Maplesville.
April 2005HailMaplesville$1,000Penny to quarter size hail was observed across southern Chilton County. This hail producing storm was a separate storm from the one that dumped hail immediately to the north. The storms merged near Verbena.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindMaplesville-Several trees uprooted along Highway 82 northwest of Maplesville.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindMaplesville-Several trees uprooted in the town of Maplesville.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMaplesville-Several trees uprooted in the town of Maplesville.
March 2019Tornado (EF0)Maplesville-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in Chilton County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 75 mph. This tornado is a continuation of a track from Perry county. The tornado was only in Chilton County briefly before lifting, mainly uprooting some softwood trees.
December 2019Thunderstorm WindMaplesville-Several trees uprooted in the town of Maplesville.
May 2018Flash FloodMaplesville-County Road 359 flooded and impassable and Clayton Manufactured Homes near I-65 also reported significant flooding.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMaplesville-Several trees uprooted in the town of Maplesville.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindMaplesville-Several trees were uprooted and power lines downed near the intersection of Highway 22 and County Road 10.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMaplesville-Numerous trees uprooted across western Chilton County just east of Highway 82.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindMaplesville-Several trees were downed across the town of Maplesville.
December 2009Thunderstorm WindMaplesville-A wind gust of 75 mph was measured by unknown measuring equipment near Maplesville.
February 2006Funnel CloudMaplesville-Two reports of funnel clouds were received from extreme southwestern Chilton County.
August 2006HailMaplesville-Hail up to the size of pennies fell for several minutes in the Pletcher Community.
May 2002HailMaplesville-Dime size hail was reported near Maplesville.
April 1998Tornado (F0)Maplesville-A small tornado touched down briefly near CR 16 and CR 17 according to ham radio spotters. Very little damage was reported with this tornado.
May 1995HailMaplesville-Three-quarter inch hail was reported at Maplesville.
March 2013HailMaplesville-no account filed
March 2013HailMaplesville-no account filed
May 2009HailMaplesville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chilton 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
New Convert2.8 miles15
Stanton3.9 miles17
Adams4.0 miles16
Dixie4.9 miles17
Isabella5.3 miles15
Parnell6.9 miles17
Campbell7.3 miles15
Pletcher7.5 miles16

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 MaplesvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q68323The 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 160032. 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.