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Odenville, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Springville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35120. It lies near Pine Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Odenville quadrangle. 4,969 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 738 feet above sea level.

Odenville within St. Clair County

Population over time

2 figures

Odenville grew from 3,585 to 4,969 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
20103,585
20204,969+1,384 (+39%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

164 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Odenville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,293 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 44 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 burning75
Arson/incendiarism44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony11
Smoking8
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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 1999Natural59 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Smoking5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Odenville: 5 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Copper, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Odenville Copper ProspectCopper, Limestone, GeneralOccurrence1925
Jump-Off RockIronUnknown
OdenvilleIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in St. Clair County

Storms near this place

30 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Odenville in 30 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 3 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
April 1996Thunderstorm WindOdenville$10,000no account filed
November 2003Thunderstorm WindOdenville$8,000Several trees were blown down between Odenville and Ashville. EMA
September 2009Flash FloodOdenville$5,000Flooding was reported in portions of Odenville. A car on Foreman Drive began to float in the flood waters.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindOdenville$2,000Several trees were blown down in the northern and western part of Saint Clair County, including near Odenville.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindOdenville$2,000Several trees were blown down at the intersection of US-411 and AL-174.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindOdenville$2,000A mobile home had its siding and underpinning damaged.
July 2002Flash FloodOdenville$2,000Several roads were temporarily impassable due to localized flooding in Odenville.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindOdenville$2,000Trees and power were knocked down in Odenville.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindOdenville$2,000no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindOdenville$1,000Trees down on Coal City Road in the Wattsville Community.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindOdenville-Multiple trees were downed in Odenville.
January 2023Flash FloodOdenville-Highway 411 in Odenville at the intersection of Old Springville Road flooded and impassable.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindOdenville-Several trees uprooted around the town of Odenville.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindOdenville-Several trees uprooted along Highway 174 and numerous trees uprooted across western St. Clair County.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindOdenville-Several trees uprooted and sheet metal blown off building.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindOdenville-The thunderstorm which produced an EF0 tornado near Branchville also produced straight line winds of 60mph east of Odenville, along a short swath from 3rd Ave near Chestnut Ln to Pleasant Valley Rd near Cedar Branch Cir. Along this path, several large trees were uprooted and a wooden fence sustained minor damage.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindOdenville-Numerous trees were reported down across St. Clair county, including several that were blocking U.S. Highway 171 in Odenville.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindOdenville-Trees were reported down near Low Gap Church.
April 1995HailOdenville-Dime-size hail was reported at Argo and nickel-size hail was reported at Odenville.
April 2017HailOdenville-no account filed
April 2017HailOdenville-no account filed
March 2013HailOdenville-no account filed
March 2012HailOdenville-no account filed
July 2012HailOdenville-no account filed
June 2008HailOdenville-no account filed
April 2006HailOdenville-no account filed
April 2006HailOdenville-no account filed
April 2006HailOdenville-no account filed
September 2006HailOdenville-no account filed
June 2001HailOdenville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Clair 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
Crockertown0.8 miles19
Havilah Hills Estates1.1 miles19
Branchville1.6 miles19
Green Acres Estates2.0 miles19
Copper Springs2.4 miles19
Hardwick2.5 miles21
Shady Acres3.5 miles19
Hill Number 13.9 miles19

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 OdenvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q68263The 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 164791. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.