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.
Population over time
2 figuresPinckard 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 647 | |
| 2020 | 582 | -65 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1942 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Ozark quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Ozark quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pinckard quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Pinckard quadrangle1:25000
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
43 since 1994Regional 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 burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 1998 | Smoking | 1.8 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 June 2008 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 June 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 June 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 May 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 May 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | KELLY AVENUE, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 231 North Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Couch Construction Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Garner Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| Gray Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| Newton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thomas Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz |
Storms near this place
16 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2000 | Tornado (F2) | Pinckard | $2,000,000 | The 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 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Pinckard | $10,000 | Minor 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckard | $8,000 | Numerous 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 2001 | Flash Flood | Pinckard | $5,000 | County Road 47 from Pickard southward under water. Reported by the Dale County EMA. |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckard | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckard | $3,000 | At least 5 trees were blown down, mainly in the vicinity of Pinckard. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| January 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckard | $500 | Trees were blown down close to the fire department near Pinckard. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckard | $500 | Severe storms from Houston county moved into southern Dale county and blew a tree down in the Pinckard area. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| June 2022 | Flash Flood | Pinckard | - | Water was flowing over County Road 47 at the intersection of County Road 551. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckard | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckard | - | A tree was blown down in the Pinckard area. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinckard | - | A tree was blown down across Church Street. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Pinckard | - | Water was reported flowing over County Road 63 between Highways 231 and 134. |
| October 2008 | Tornado (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 2014 | Hail | Pinckard | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Pinckard | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midland City | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Newton | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Waterford | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Five Points | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Plainview | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Napier Field | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Sylvan Grove | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Kelly | 5.5 miles | 13 |
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 Pinckard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q66609 | 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 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.








