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Somerville, Alabama

20 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 35670. It stands on England Creek. The Survey maps it on the Somerville quadrangle. 796 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 656 feet above sea level.

Somerville within Morgan County

On record in Somerville

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 2 records

Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Somerville grew from 724 to 796 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.

YearPeople Change
2010724
2020796+72 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

111 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Somerville between 1993 and 2019, burning about 855 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1
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
6 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20180924-1
15 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1998Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

39 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Somerville in 39 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 22 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 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
May 1994Thunderstorm WindSomerville$50,000Roof was reported blown off a porch and large trees were down in the Somerville area.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindSomerville$25,000Several trees were reported blown down near Somerville.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindSomerville$16,000Numerous trees were blown down in the Somerville area.
April 2006HailSomerville$15,000Golf ball size hail was reported and produced some light to moderate damage to 15 vehicles in this vicinity.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindSomerville$10,000A tree and a few power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds at the road intersection of Oakmont Trail and Log Cabin Trail, around four miles north-northeast of Somerville, Alabama.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindSomerville$5,000Thunderstorm winds knocked a few trees down in the Somerville community.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindSomerville$4,000A large tree was blown across US 231 at Lacey Springs.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindSomerville$3,000A tree and power lines were knocked down at 9 Wayside Drive in Somerville.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindSomerville$2,000A tree and power lines were knocked down on NE Blevins Road.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSomerville$2,000Powerlines were knocked down at 35 Center Springs Road in Somerville. Time estimated by radar.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindSomerville$1,000A tree was knocked down across the roadway at Highway 67 S at Watkins Lane.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindSomerville$1,000A tree was knocked down on Engle Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindSomerville$1,000A tree was reported down on Bluff City Road in the Somerville area. Time was estimated from radar data.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindSomerville$500A tree was knocked down on Bluff City Road north of Somerville. Time estimated by radar.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSomerville$200A tree was knocked down onto a power line at 1555 Perkins Wood Road.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindSomerville$200A tree was knocked down by thunderstorm winds onto Lyle Circle.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindSomerville$200A tree was knocked down onto the roadway.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindSomerville$200A tree was knocked down onto Main Street.
June 2023HailSomerville-Golf ball sized hail was reported in Somerville.
March 2022FloodSomerville-Barnett Chapel Road was reported flooded. Depth of water unknown.
April 2020Flash FloodSomerville-AL Hwy 36 near Hobb Ward Road flooded. Depth of water unknown. Report relayed via social media.
April 2020Flash FloodSomerville-Flash flooding on Highway 36 at East Hobb Road. Photo report relayed via social media.
April 2020Flash FloodSomerville-Water rushing over the roadwayon Hwy 36 between Black Road and Cutoff Road where Gum Springs Creek and Roan Branch flow under Hwy 36. Depth of water unknown.
April 2020FloodSomerville-AL Hwy 36 near Hobb Ward Road flooded. Report relayed via social media. Depth of water unknown.
April 2019HailSomerville-Multiple reports of one inch diameter hail were received in Somerville.
December 2017Flash FloodSomerville-Flash flooding was reported along Hobb Ward Road. Despite some receding since 7am, still well over 6 inches of swift moving water still reported as of 910am.
December 2017Flash FloodSomerville-Flash flooding was reported along Barnett Chapel Road and Black Road along Gill Creek. Although receded since 7am, still well over 6 inches of swift moving water reported as of 910am.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindSomerville-A large tree and a few power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds.
October 2014HailSomerville-Baseball sized hail was reported by Morgan county sheriff's office from cutoff road at HIghway 36 to Hhighway 36 and Highway 67 intersections.
April 2009Funnel CloudSomerville-A funnel cloud was reported by the Somerville Fire Department.
June 2009HailSomerville-Hail up to the size of golfballs was reported east of Somerville along Highway 67 south.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindSomerville-A tree was blown down through a mobile home. Time estimated.
April 2006HailSomerville-Penny size hail was reported.
April 2006HailSomerville-Quarter size hail was reported.
March 2006HailSomerville-Golf ball sized hail was reported along Highway 36.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindSomerville-A few small trees were blown down on Brindley Mountain.
November 2003Thunderstorm WindSomerville-Emergency management reported a few trees down due to thunderstorm winds.
December 2000HailSomerville-Dime size hail was reported in Somerville.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindSomerville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Henderson1.9 miles20
Turney Crossroads2.0 miles20
Pence2.7 miles20
Gum Spring2.8 miles20
Union3.4 miles20
Stringer3.4 miles20
Brooksville3.6 miles24
Winton3.7 miles24

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 SomervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q67979The 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 127103. 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.