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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.

Moores Mill within Madison County

Population over time

2 figures

Moores 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.

YearPeople Change
20105,682
20206,729+1,047 (+18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

57 since 1997

Regional 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 burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190922-20
22 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20120922-001
20 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

15 since 2002

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMoores Mill$25,000Six large trees were blown down and part of a barn roof was ripped off. Numerous branches blown down as well.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindMoores Mill$15,000A roof was nearly completely blown off of a home near the intersection of Charley Patterson and Timberwind drive at Moores Mill, Alabama.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindMoores Mill$1,000Power lines were knocked down near Moores Mill Road and Darwin Road.
June 2009LightningMoores Mill$500Lightning struck a home in the Moores Mill area, causing some minor damage.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindMoores Mill-A power line was snapped on Helena Drive NW with transformers hanging off the ground.
August 2017FloodMoores Mill-Flooding was occurring on Moores Mill Road at Jacobs Farm Road along the Briar Fork of the Flint River.
June 2016HailMoores Mill-Half dollar sized hail was reported in the Riverton area near Moores Mill Road and Winchester Road.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindMoores 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 2009HailMoores Mill-Quarter size hail was reported in the Moores Mill area.
April 2009HailMoores Mill-Baseball size hail fell in the Moores Mill area.
February 2007Thunderstorm WindMoores Mill-A tree was blown down.
August 2006LightningMoores Mill-Lightning struck a day care center on Winchester Road. Smoke was reported in the building, but damage was unknown.
February 2005HailMoores Mill-Penny size hail reported.
February 2003Flash FloodMoores Mill-Moores mill and Braves road flooded.
April 2002HailMoores Mill-Nickel size hail was observed in Moores Mill.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Baltimore Hill1.4 miles24
The Woodlands1.9 miles24
Blue Spring Garden2.0 miles24
Pleasant Acres2.3 miles24
McCaleb Mill2.4 miles24
Three Forks2.4 miles24
Bell Factory2.7 miles24
Meridianville2.9 miles24

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 MillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1261661The 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.