Moores Mill, Alabama
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Huntsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35811. It stands on Beaverdam Creek. The Survey maps it on the Meridianville quadrangle. 6,729 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 689 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMoores Mill grew from 5,682 to 6,729 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 | 5,682 | |
| 2020 | 6,729 | +1,047 (+18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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 Huntsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Meridianville quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Meridianville quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Meridianville 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
- 1964 USGS Meridianville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
57 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Moores Mill between 1997 and 2019, burning about 140 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 burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190922-20 |
| 22 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20120922-001 |
| 20 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moores Mill in 15 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moores Mill | $25,000 | Six large trees were blown down and part of a barn roof was ripped off. Numerous branches blown down as well. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moores Mill | $15,000 | A roof was nearly completely blown off of a home near the intersection of Charley Patterson and Timberwind drive at Moores Mill, Alabama. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moores Mill | $1,000 | Power lines were knocked down near Moores Mill Road and Darwin Road. |
| June 2009 | Lightning | Moores Mill | $500 | Lightning struck a home in the Moores Mill area, causing some minor damage. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moores Mill | - | A power line was snapped on Helena Drive NW with transformers hanging off the ground. |
| August 2017 | Flood | Moores Mill | - | Flooding was occurring on Moores Mill Road at Jacobs Farm Road along the Briar Fork of the Flint River. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Moores Mill | - | Half dollar sized hail was reported in the Riverton area near Moores Mill Road and Winchester Road. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moores Mill | - | A tree and a few power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds on Bell Factory road and St. Claire lane in Moores Mill, extending northeast to Melbourne Avenue in Huntsville, Alabama. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Moores Mill | - | Quarter size hail was reported in the Moores Mill area. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Moores Mill | - | Baseball size hail fell in the Moores Mill area. |
| February 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moores Mill | - | A tree was blown down. |
| August 2006 | Lightning | Moores Mill | - | Lightning struck a day care center on Winchester Road. Smoke was reported in the building, but damage was unknown. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Moores Mill | - | Penny size hail reported. |
| February 2003 | Flash Flood | Moores Mill | - | Moores mill and Braves road flooded. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Moores Mill | - | Nickel size hail was observed in Moores Mill. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Hill | 1.4 miles | 24 | |
| The Woodlands | 1.9 miles | 24 | |
| Blue Spring Garden | 2.0 miles | 24 | |
| Pleasant Acres | 2.3 miles | 24 | |
| McCaleb Mill | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Three Forks | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Bell Factory | 2.7 miles | 24 | |
| Meridianville | 2.9 miles | 24 |
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 Moores Mill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1261661 | 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 156733. 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.










