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Saville, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Petrey-Highland Home census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36049. The Survey maps it on the Lapine quadrangle.

Saville within Crenshaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

113 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Saville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 495 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 24 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 burning41
Arson/incendiarism24
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking4
Natural3
Fireworks1
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
30 September 2002Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20140927-001
22 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20140922-001
20 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2016Debris and open burning3.6 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160910-16
25 August 2007Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1995Railroad operations and maintenance4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 1996Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crenshaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Saville: 22 unknowns, 10 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cre 6 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Cre 7 Clay ProspectClayProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Crenshaw County

Storms near this place

7 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saville in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2007Tornado (EF0)Saville$100,000A weak EF-0 tornado did some minor damage in the extreme north part of the county near Clearview. The tornado touched down near County Road 11 and damaged a poultry farm, three of the buildings on the farm had their tin roofs damaged. Three other buildings had parts of their roofs taken off. None of the chickens were injured. An eye witness said the tornado looked like pencil dropping out of the sky. The tornado continued northeast and dissipated near Hwy 97. A church located in this area had shingles taken off and a tree fell on the roof.
February 2022Flash FloodSaville$50,000Heavy rain caused numerous roads to be damaged or washed out due to flash flooding.
October 1995Tornado (F0)Saville$10,000A tornado briefly touched down along U.S. Highway 331 just east of Saville. Several trees and power lines were blown down.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindSaville$5,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed numerous trees on Highway 97 just south of Pettus Road. A deputy sheriff was temporarily trapped due the downed trees.
November 2011Thunderstorm WindSaville$2,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees along Highway 97.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSaville-High winds caused minor roof damage to a home.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindSaville-Strong winds from a thunderstorm damaged a storage trailer and destroyed a storage shed. A mobile home also suffered minor siding damage.

Every storm recorded in Crenshaw 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
Sardis1.9 miles8
Garnersville3.1 miles8
Fullers Crossroads4.2 miles7
Magnolia Shores4.3 miles8
Honoraville4.4 miles7
Danielsville5.0 miles7
Bradleyton5.0 miles8
Highland Home5.3 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157020. 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.