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Newtonville, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Fayette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35555. It stands on Davis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newtonville quadrangle. It stands 312 feet above sea level.

Newtonville within Fayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

56 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Newtonville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 521 acres in total. None 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
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning16
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
6 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180923-5
15 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCANAN ROAD , AL
9 August 2007Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2006Arson/incendiarism5.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 2007Smoking3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fayette County

Storms near this place

16 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newtonville in 16 storm reports between 2005 and 2022: 7 hail, 6 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
February 2008Tornado (EF2)Newtonville$100,000A tornado that would eventually cross 3 county lines first touched down in southeastern Fayette County, about a mile southeast of the Newtonville Community. From there the tornado moved on a northeast path, for about 6.5 miles, before crossing briefly into Tuscaloosa County. In this segment of its path, damage was generally light until the tornado approached the Tuscaloosa County Line, when several mobile homes were hit and badly damaged. The tornado crossed into Tuscaloosa County just south of Fayette CR-68.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Newtonville$81,000The third segment of this long track tornado crossed into southeastern Fayette County southeast of Concord and quickly crossed New Hope Rd before it moved into Tuscaloosa County at CR 12, south of New Lexington. This tornado began in Pickens County, 5 miles northeast of Pickensville, and tracked through Tuscaloosa, Fayette, Walker, Cullman (See Storm Data for Huntsville), and Blount Counties, before it dissipated in Marshall (See Storm Data for Huntsville) County. Both the average and maximum path width of this tornado in this portion of Fayette County was around 0.3 mile (528 yds). The tornado strengthened slightly to an EF1 rating, with winds of 100 mph, as it entered this area of Fayette County. Many trees were snapped or uprooted, along with significant branch damage, occurred along this portion of the path, particularly along and near Old Country Rd.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindNewtonville$11,000Several trees were blown down across the southern part of the county.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindNewtonville$3,000A few trees were blown down near the Tuscaloosa and Fayette County line, north of CR-12.
March 2006Tornado (F0)Newtonville$1,000no account filed
February 2022Flash FloodNewtonville-Several roads flooded and impassable across southern Fayette County, including County Road 30 near the town of Berry.
April 2020Tornado (EF0)Newtonville-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in far southern Fayette County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 75 mph. This tornado is a continuation from Pickens County and dissipated near County Road 12 shortly after entering Fayette County.
April 2020Tornado (EF0)Newtonville-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southern Fayette County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 80 mph.||The tornado touched down along County Road 35 southeast of the city of Fayette. The tornado tracked northward along County Road 89, causing minor tree damage consisting of broken branches and uprooted trunks, between Mt. Pleasant/Burrow Road and County Road 35. The tornado affected mostly rural locations.
February 2016Tornado (EF1)Newtonville-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in Fayette County and have determined that the damage was consistent with an EF-1 tornado. Winds were estimated to be around 90 mph.||The tornado touched down along Ashcraft Corner Cutoff and tracked northeast almost paralleling Alabama Highway 159 between County Roads 1 and 2. It then continued northeast along Owens Road before lifting along County Road 4. The damage consisted mainly of snapped and uprooted trees. The only structural damage found along the path was minor shingle and porch damage to one residence at the intersection of Alabama Highway 159 and Summers Drive.
April 2008HailNewtonville-Quarter sized hail covered the ground.
March 2005HailNewtonville-Penny size hail was reported near Newtonville.
March 2015HailNewtonville-no account filed
June 2014HailNewtonville-no account filed
February 2009HailNewtonville-no account filed
May 2009HailNewtonville-no account filed
April 2006HailNewtonville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fayette 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
Concord3.8 miles10
Ashcraft Corner5.4 miles10
Jerusalem5.5 miles11
Gumbud5.9 miles10
New Hope6.1 miles10
Rossland City9.3 miles10
Fayette9.7 miles10
Belk9.9 miles9

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 NewtonvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22058522The 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 123935. 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.