Old Davisville, Alabama
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Choccolocco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36207. It stands on Corn House Creek. The Survey maps it on the Choccolocco quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1900 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Choccolocco quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Choccolocco quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Choccolocco quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
208 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 208 fires within 5 miles of Old Davisville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,665 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 89 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 | 89 |
| Debris and open burning | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190930-16 |
| 28 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | TRAILHEAD |
| 28 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160915-13 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Old Davisville: 10 unknowns, 7 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Arsenic, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C H Mitchell Mine | Arsenic, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Hudson Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Norton No.2 Property | Manganese | Prospect | 1942 | |
| Austin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bennett Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cobb Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Cobb Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hewitt Limonite Bank | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Iron City Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Goethite, Magnetite | |
| Pentegrass Or Dunn Beds | Iron | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Old Davisville in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Old Davisville | $10,000 | One home was significantly damaged by a brief tornado touched down in the Sugar Valley subdivision, just off Old Downing Mill Road, in southeastern Calhoun County. This tornado was associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Davisville | $2,000 | A few trees were blown down at several locations in the eastern portion of Calhoun County. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Davisville | - | Several trees uprooted and fell onto a mobile home. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron City | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Choccolocco | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Harmony | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Joseph Springs | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Tooktocaugee (historical) | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Holly Springs | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| White | 5.1 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122592168 | 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 160299. 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.







