Perryville, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the New Site census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36256. It stands on Poe Branch. The Survey maps it on the New Site quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1891 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS New Site quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
242 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 242 fires within 5 miles of Perryville between 1994 and 2019, burning about 3,263 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 94 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 burning | 100 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 94 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160925-3 |
| 24 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Perryville: 10 past producers, 9 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sulfides, Titanium, Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowe Mine | Gold, Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1932, 1933 | |
| Robert Russell Prospect | Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Dutch Bend Mine | Gold, Sulfides | Past Producer | Barite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Mahan Pits | Gold, Sulfides | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Chisolm Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Croft Pits | Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Dutch Bend Ulrich Pits Romanoff Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Early Pits Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Germany Pits Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Goldville Pits Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | Gold |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perryville in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2024 | Hail | Perryville | - | Quarter-size hail was reported near New Site. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perryville | - | Several trees uprooted along Highway 22 near the town of New Site. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowpens | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| New Site | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Harmony (historical) | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Fosheeton | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Bethleham (historical) | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Hamlet (historical) | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Zana (historical) | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Goldville | 4.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 124627. 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.





