Prairieville, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Newbern census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36742. The Survey maps it on the Casemore quadrangle. It stands 190 feet above sea level.
On record in Prairieville
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 4 records
St. Andrew's ChurchNational Historic Landmark · listed 1973
Bermuda Hilllisted 1994
Kerby Houselisted 1994
Oak Grove Schoollisted 1998
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Episcopal Church, U.S. Route 80, Prairievillefederal building survey, 8 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Casemore quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
38 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Prairieville between 1995 and 2020, burning about 308 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20130922-001 |
| 21 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20120706-003 |
| 5 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Prairieville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tolar Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prairieville in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2022 | Hail | Prairieville | - | Photos of large hail along Highway 80 near the town of Gallion. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prairieville | - | Several trees uprooted north of the town of Gallion. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Prairieville | - | Quarter size hail lasted 2-3 minutes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gallion | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Allenville | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Grove | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Casemore | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Arcola | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Laneville | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Lock Five | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Cedarville | 7.2 miles | 12 |
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 Prairieville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3710314 | 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 156931. 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.





