Newville, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Headland-Newville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36353. It stands on White Branch. The Survey maps it on the Newville quadrangle. 544 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 397 feet above sea level.
Population over time
4 figuresNewville grew from 522 to 544 between 1910 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1910 | 522 | |
| 2000 | 553 | |
| 2010 | 539 | -14 (-3%) |
| 2020 | 544 | +5 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Newville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Newville between 1998 and 2020, burning about 137 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 June 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20150621-001 |
| 21 June 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190614-3 |
| 13 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190613-2 |
| 25 May 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | HWY 173 N. NEWVILLE, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newville in 16 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1997 | Tornado (F2) | Newville | $180,000 | no account filed |
| November 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Newville | $150,000 | A tornado touched down just south of Newville and crossed U.S. Highway 431 where it heavily damaged a yeast facility. A nearby building materials warehouse and service station sustained some damage. The tornado then weakened but downed numerous trees along its path before it dissipated. |
| March 2026 | Tornado (EF1) | Newville | $100,000 | An aerial survey indicated that a tornado touched down northwest of Newville, AL damaging the roof of a two-story business near the intersection of West Columbia Road and Reynolds Street. As the tornado crossed downtown Newville, it snapped and uprooted many trees and damaged the roofs of several businesses between the Seaboard Coastline Railroad tracks and Oak Lane including E Columbia Road. The tornado snapped trees on Wheddon Farm Road before lifting near U.S. 431. Maximum sustained winds were estimated to be 100 mph which is EF-1 strength. |
| September 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Newville | $75,000 | An F0 tornado damaged a barn and residence off CR 173 in Newville. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newville | $10,000 | The Henry County EMA reported vinyl siding torn off a house. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newville | $5,000 | High winds caused numerous power outages due to tree limbs and other debris blowing onto the power lines. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newville | $5,000 | Tree damage and damage to a barn was reported near County Road 56 and County Road 99. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newville | $3,000 | Power lines and at least one tree were blown down. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newville | $3,000 | Trees were blown down in a few places around the county. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newville | $2,500 | Some downed power lines reported by Newville Police. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newville | $2,000 | A tree and power lines were blown down on the 1900 block of County Road 5. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newville | $1,000 | Straight-line winds downed numerous trees countywide. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newville | $500 | Seven trees were blown down, with five across railroad tracks. A power pole was snapped. The damage occurred on Ozark and Columbia Roads in Newville. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newville | $500 | Trees down on County Road 33. Reported by the Henry County EMA. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newville | - | Several trees were blown down across Henry county. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newville | - | Three trees were blown down in the Newville area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danzey | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Kirklands Crossroads | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Tumbleton | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Blackwood | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Headland | 4.9 miles | 7 | |
| Capps | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Walden Pond Estates | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Southgate | 5.7 miles | 7 |
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 Newville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q67928 | 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 152690. 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.




