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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Newtonville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 1994Regional 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/incendiarism | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180923-5 |
| 15 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CANAN ROAD , AL |
| 9 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.1 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 2007 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 2005Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Tornado (EF2) | Newtonville | $100,000 | A 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 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Newtonville | $81,000 | The 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 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newtonville | $11,000 | Several trees were blown down across the southern part of the county. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newtonville | $3,000 | A few trees were blown down near the Tuscaloosa and Fayette County line, north of CR-12. |
| March 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Newtonville | $1,000 | no account filed |
| February 2022 | Flash Flood | Newtonville | - | Several roads flooded and impassable across southern Fayette County, including County Road 30 near the town of Berry. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (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 2020 | Tornado (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 2016 | Tornado (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 2008 | Hail | Newtonville | - | Quarter sized hail covered the ground. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Newtonville | - | Penny size hail was reported near Newtonville. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Newtonville | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Newtonville | - | no account filed |
| February 2009 | Hail | Newtonville | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Newtonville | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Newtonville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concord | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Ashcraft Corner | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Jerusalem | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Gumbud | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| New Hope | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Rossland City | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Fayette | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| Belk | 9.9 miles | 9 |
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 Newtonville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058522 | 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 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.




