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Pinckard, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Newton-Midland City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36371. The Survey maps it on the Pinckard quadrangle. 582 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 348 feet above sea level.

Pinckard within Dale County

Population over time

2 figures

Pinckard fell from 647 to 582 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
2010647
2020582-65 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

43 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Pinckard between 1994 and 2020, burning about 263 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 1998Smoking1.8 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 June 2000Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 June 2008Natural6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 June 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 June 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 May 2006Natural5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 May 2011Equipment and vehicle use40 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionKELLY AVENUE, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dale County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pinckard: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
231 North QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Couch Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Garner QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Gray QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Newton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thomas QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Dale County

Storms near this place

16 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinckard in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2000Tornado (F2)Pinckard$2,000,000The F0 tornado moved northeast from extreme western Houston County into southeast Dale County. It rapidly intensified to an F2 tornado as it continued its intermittent track into the eastern portion of the county. A Midland City church annex lost parts of its roof and walls. Several homes in the Doe Run Subdivision south of Pinckard were destroyed and numerous others were damaged. In Pinckard, numerous trees and power lines were down. Many homes and businesses were damaged, some seriously. The tornado tracked northeast into western Henry County. Reported by the Dale County EMA.
January 2015Tornado (EF0)Pinckard$10,000Minor damage to structures occurred from an EF0 tornado in the Pinckard area. There was also a small tornadic debris signature (TDS) seen on dual-pol radar. Monetary damage was estimated.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindPinckard$8,000Numerous trees were blown down in Pinckard with a tree blown onto a power line in Newton. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
March 2001Flash FloodPinckard$5,000County Road 47 from Pickard southward under water. Reported by the Dale County EMA.
January 1996Thunderstorm WindPinckard$5,000no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindPinckard$3,000At least 5 trees were blown down, mainly in the vicinity of Pinckard. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
January 2015Thunderstorm WindPinckard$500Trees were blown down close to the fire department near Pinckard.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindPinckard$500Severe storms from Houston county moved into southern Dale county and blew a tree down in the Pinckard area. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2022Flash FloodPinckard-Water was flowing over County Road 47 at the intersection of County Road 551.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindPinckard-Numerous trees were blown down.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindPinckard-A tree was blown down in the Pinckard area.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindPinckard-A tree was blown down across Church Street.
July 2013Flash FloodPinckard-Water was reported flowing over County Road 63 between Highways 231 and 134.
October 2008Tornado (EF0)Pinckard-The same supercell that spawned the tornado north of Wicksburg in western Houston County produced a brief EF-0 tornado just east of Pinckard in southeastern Dale County. No damage was reported.
May 2014HailPinckard-no account filed
April 2011HailPinckard-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dale 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
Midland City3.2 miles8
Newton3.2 miles14
Waterford3.8 miles14
Five Points3.9 miles13
Plainview5.0 miles14
Napier Field5.2 miles8
Sylvan Grove5.5 miles8
Kelly5.5 miles13

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 PinckardAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q66609The 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 152908. 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.