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Plantersville, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Selma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36758. The Survey maps it on the Plantersville quadrangle. It stands 246 feet above sea level.

Plantersville within Dallas County

On record in Plantersville

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 5 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Plantersville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 740 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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 burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2007Debris and open burning2.8 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Debris and open burning47 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.3 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20140927-002
6 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 1995Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

8 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plantersville in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 2 deaths and 2 injuries. 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
March 2025Tornado (EF3)Plantersville2 killed, 2 hurtThe tornado formed and intensified quickly about two miles south|of Plantersville along County Road 63, uprooting swaths of trees|right from the start. The tornado travelled northward into|Plantersville and intensified to its maximum intensity of a|140 MPH EF3 tornado in the south end of town, where trees across|the entire area were uprooted, snapped, and even debarked.|Several homes and businesses were destroyed, which unfortunately|resulted in two fatalities and two injuries. The tornado began a|more northeasterly trajectory as it left Plantersville, but still|remained strong as it crossed into Autauga County.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindPlantersville$10,000Trees and power lines were down in Plantersville along CR 63.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindPlantersville$1,000Single trees were blown down at two locations near Plantersville, in the northern portion of the county.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindPlantersville-Several trees and tree limbs were downed along Highway 22 and County Road 294 just before a tornado formed to the east of this location.
April 2024Tornado (EF1)Plantersville-The tornado began in a wooded area just east of the Perry/Dallas County line. It quickly reached its peak intensity of 95 mph as it crossed County Road 272 where dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted, blocking the roadway for over a quarter of a mile as it paralleled the road. Additional trees were downed along County Roads 290 and 305, but the tornado weakened as it approached Plantersville. Still, several trees were downed along Dallas County 560 and Highway 22 in Plantersville. The tornado then crossed into Chilton County.
November 2003Funnel CloudPlantersville-A large funnel cloud was observed by Emergency Management Officials near Plantersville just off SR 22. EMA
May 1998HailPlantersville-Dime size hail was reported in Plantersville.
February 2009HailPlantersville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Valley Creek Junction6.2 miles17
Stonewall8.8 miles13
Valley Grande10.7 miles17
Summerfield11.3 miles13
Burnsville12.7 miles12
Lily Grove (historical)14.1 miles12
Manila14.4 miles12
Brantley15.8 miles12

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 PlantersvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3710304The 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 160398. 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.

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.