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Mitchelltown, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lexington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35645. It stands on Dog Branch. The Survey maps it on the Center Hill quadrangle.

Mitchelltown within Lauderdale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

89 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Mitchelltown between 1994 and 2016, burning about 359 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
Debris and open burning41
Arson/incendiarism23
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural1

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
19 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCOUNTY ROAD 33, AL
10 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2006Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2007Natural4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2007Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lauderdale County

Storms near this place

13 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mitchelltown in 13 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
July 2009Thunderstorm WindMitchelltown$13,000Four or five trees were blown down near intersection of CR 76 and CR 33.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindMitchelltown$3,000Power lines and a power pole were knocked down along CR 33.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMitchelltown$2,000Trees were knocked down along CR 33.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMitchelltown$1,000A tree was knocked down at 13800 CR 33. Time estimated by radar.
December 2025Thunderstorm WindMitchelltown$1,000A tree was blown at the intersection of CR 71 and CR 33.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindMitchelltown$1,000A severe thunderstorm downed a tree and blew around scrap metal near the intersection of County roads 33 and 76.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindMitchelltown$500One tree was knocked down on CR 425.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMitchelltown$500A tree was knocked down at the intersection of County Road 425 and County Road 33.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindMitchelltown$500A severe thunderstorm downed a tree on U.S. Highway 72 near Bluewater Road in the Elgin area.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindMitchelltown$200A tree was knocked down at the intersection of CR 33 and CR 71 in Center Star.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindMitchelltown$200A tree was knocked down onto a bridge on CR 33.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindMitchelltown$200A tree was knocked down by thunderstorm winds at CR 76 at CR 33.
May 2011Tornado (EF1)Mitchelltown-A short-lived tornado with peak winds of 90 mph developed along a squall line of severe thunderstorms. The tornado initially touched down just west of County Road 92 about 2 miles southwest of Springfield. The worst damage occurred along County Road 76, about 1/2 mile west of state highway 101, where a small barn was nearly destroyed and several large pines were snapped and uprooted. One pine fell on a home along County Road 76, causing significant damage to the structure. The tornado continued northeast just crossing state highway 101 before lifting.

Every storm recorded in Lauderdale 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
Center Star2.0 miles17
Springfield2.2 miles17
Pinedale Acres2.4 miles17
Marmion (historical)2.4 miles17
Antioch2.5 miles17
Big Oak2.5 miles17
Kingtown2.9 miles17
Elgin3.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156721. 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.