Pinson, Alabama
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35126. It lies near Sweeney Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Pinson quadrangle. 7,215 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 620 feet above sea level.
On record in Pinson
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 3 records
Pinson Hills Historic Districtlisted 2016
Pinson Main Street Historic Districtlisted 2016- Palmerdale Homesteads Historic Districtlisted 2019
Population over time
2 figuresPinson grew from 7,163 to 7,215 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 | 7,163 | |
| 2020 | 7,215 | +52 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 28 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.
- 1889 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Leeds quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1907 USGS Leeds quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Pinson quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1975 USGS Pinson quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
135 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Pinson between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,132 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 51 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 | 51 |
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-4 |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160924-7 |
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190919-19 |
| 18 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Pinson: 17 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Manganese, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jef 3 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Mt Pinson Mines | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Goethite | |
| J O Norris Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Mt. Pinson Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Tarrant | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinson in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 11 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinson | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinson | $7,000 | Several trees were blown down in and around Pinson. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinson | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down, and a tree caught on fire, on Old Springville and Clay Roads. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinson | $2,000 | A few trees and power lines were blown down on Jackson Road in Pinson. |
| April 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Pinson | - | Reported in the Village Springs Community along SR 75. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Pinson | - | Penny to quarter sized hail fell for several minutes. |
| May 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Pinson | - | A funnel cloud was reported over Pinson. Several other funnel clouds were reported across Jefferson County. |
| February 2001 | Hail | Pinson | - | Quarter size hail fell in Pinson. |
| February 2000 | Hail | Pinson | - | Dime size hail was reported near the Pinson Valley High School. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Pinson | - | Several reports of nickel to quarter size hail were received in and around the city of Pinson. |
| December 2000 | Hail | Pinson | - | Penny size hail was observed in Pinson and Fultondale. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Pinson | - | Dime size hail was reported in Pinson. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Pinson | - | Dime size hail was reported in Pinson by storm spotters. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Pinson | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Pinson | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Pinson | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Pinson | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Pinson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzgerald Estates | 1.0 miles | 28 | |
| Innsbrooke | 1.6 miles | 28 | |
| Ridgewood | 2.0 miles | 28 | |
| Woodaire Estates | 2.1 miles | 28 | |
| Arrowhead | 2.2 miles | 28 | |
| Centercrest | 2.3 miles | 28 | |
| Heatherwood | 2.3 miles | 28 | |
| Larkwood | 2.5 miles | 28 |
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 Pinson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79303 | 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 152950. 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.











