BlockPriceville, Alabama
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Somerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35603. It lies near Peck Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Decatur quadrangle. 3,512 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 620 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresPriceville grew from 1,631 to 3,512 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,631 | |
| 2010 | 2,658 | +1,027 (+63%) |
| 2020 | 3,512 | +854 (+32%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 25 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.
- 1888 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
92 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Priceville between 1995 and 2019, burning about 690 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190909-7 |
| 5 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180924-1 |
| 17 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Smoking | 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 Priceville: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant 4 Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Priceville in 17 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 dust devil, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Priceville | $20,000 | One home had the roof torn off in Priceville. A few others received minor roof damage. No injuries were reported. Several trees were also reported down across the county. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Priceville | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Priceville | $10,000 | A large tree was blown down on a mobile home, heavily damaging a good portion of the roof. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Priceville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Priceville | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down on Cave Springs Road near the city of Priceville. |
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Priceville | $2,000 | Trees were knocked down with road blockage near Mt. Zion Road and Nat Key Road. Time estimated by radar. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Priceville | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down at the intersection of Nat Key Road and Gibson Road. |
| May 2014 | Lightning | Priceville | $1,000 | Lightning knocked a very large tree limb down onto a home on east upper river road in the Sandy Acres subdivision, near Priceville, Alabama. Winds around 35 mph also damaged a trampoline. |
| February 2025 | Flash Flood | Priceville | - | Portions of Piney Grove Road between Douglas Road and Highway 31 were flooded. Depth of water unknown. |
| March 2023 | Tornado (EF2) | Priceville | - | A tornado touched down on Highway 55 in Falkville and tracked generally northeastward. Initially, the tornado snapped trees and a small power pole in a yard on Highway 55. Farther to the northeast, the tornado did considerable roof damage to a barn at a residence on Chappell Road, and uprooted trees near the intersection of Chappell Road and Bert Stinson Road. The tornado then tracked along a largely wooded area, before snapping and uprooting trees on Nature Trail. There, the tornado also created roof damage to a small log cabin style home. ||Farther to the northeast, in a heavily wooded area to the north of Nature Trail, the tornado uprooted and snapped a long swath of trees nearly continuously before emerging into an open field, where it continued to snap and uproot trees along its path. In the open field, the tornado completely destroyed a large pole barn that contained 4x4 posts, some of which were anchored into the ground with cement. The walls of the barn were made of exterior metal sheeting with 2x4 wooden studs, which were toe-nailed into the 4x4 posts, and accompanied by a metal truss system. The barn contained 10,500lb hay bales which were blown downstream. A very large, old oak tree was uprooted adjacent to the barn. The width at its base was estimated to be 5 feet. ||The tornado continued to track generally to the northeast, snapping and uprooting trees along Wilson Mountain Road, which continued along the northeast adjacent and along Blankenship Narrell Drive. On Cottonwood Lane, trees were uprooted and snapped. One tree fell on an RV at a residence. From there, the tornado moved into a largely inaccessible heavily wooded area. |
| February 2017 | Hail | Priceville | - | Hail up to nickel-sized covered the ground, in some spots up to two inches deep. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Priceville | - | Golf ball size hail was reported. |
| June 2006 | Dust Devil | Priceville | - | A dust devil picked up a camper shell, spun it, and dropped it causing it to be damaged. The wind also peeled back shingles to the plywood of a residential home. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Priceville | - | several utility power poles down. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Priceville | - | Dime size hail fell near Priceville. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Priceville | - | Hail 2.5 inches in diameter fell near Priceville but no damage was reported. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Priceville | - | Three-quarter inch hail was reported at Priceville by Emergency Management. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Six Way | 0.6 miles | 25 | |
| Burningtree Mountain | 1.5 miles | 25 | |
| Crowtown | 1.9 miles | 25 | |
| Hickory Hills | 2.3 miles | 25 | |
| Burningtree Estates | 2.4 miles | 25 | |
| Brooksville | 2.7 miles | 24 | |
| Cave Springs | 2.7 miles | 24 | |
| Rolling Hills | 2.9 miles | 25 |
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 Priceville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q67288 | 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 156935. 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.