Taylorville, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Tuscaloosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35405. It stands on Rum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tuscaloosa quadrangle. It stands 272 feet above sea level.

Taylorville within Tuscaloosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

1924 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:62500
1926 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

56 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Taylorville between 1995 and 2017, burning about 447 acres in total. 1 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 burning	16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Arson/incendiarism	11
Recreation and ceremony	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Natural	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
24 September 2016	Debris and open burning	12 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160924-17
14 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
8 August 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	NWR-20140808-003
31 August 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	4921 CUVER RD, AL
3 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	120 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	CR 29, AL
24 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	25 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 1996	Recreation and ceremony	8.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Taylorville: 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
American Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Collins Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Crabtree Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Crabtree Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Plant No. 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Plant Operation	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
W.T. Ratliff Co., Inc. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Tuscaloosa County

Storms near this place

14 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taylorville in 14 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 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
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylorville	$200,000	Damage was reported in the Skyland Blvd. area of the city of Tuscaloosa. An auto parts store suffered the collapse of a roof, which subsequently flooded the inside of the store. Roof damage was also reported to portions of the McFarland Mall shopping center, with debris scattered around the parking lot. A Sam's Club and Walmart store across the street from the mall were also damaged, and several traffic lights in the area were blown down.
July 2007	Lightning	Taylorville	$25,000	Lightning struck a house on Bear Creek Road, causing it to catch on fire.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylorville	$20,000	The roof of a department store at McFarland Mall was damaged. One vehicle had its windshield broken from flying debris. The roof of the State Troopers post in the same area was also damaged.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylorville	$5,000	A few trees were blown down in the Taylorville Community, just south of Tuscaloosa. One large tree fell onto a shed.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylorville	$3,000	A few trees down onto power lines near Taylorville.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylorville	$1,000	Two small trees were blown down, one of which fell onto a power line.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylorville	-	A tree fell on a house on 41st St, another tree fell across Woodland Hills Dr, and numerous other trees were downed around the city of Tuscaloosa.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylorville	-	Large tree uprooted and fell on a home.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylorville	-	Several trees uprooted on 2nd Court East in the city of Tuscaloosa.
February 2009	Hail	Taylorville	-	Penny sized hail covered the ground in the Taylorville community, south of Tuscaloosa.
June 1999	Hail	Taylorville	-	Hail up to dime size was reported at Taylorville by storm spotters.
May 2012	Hail	Taylorville	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Taylorville	-	no account filed
February 2007	Hail	Taylorville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tuscaloosa 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Taylorville Heights	0.1 miles	17
Mimosa Highlands	0.7 miles	17
Manora Estates	0.8 miles	17
Morayshire Estates	1.1 miles	17
Deven Dale	1.2 miles	17
Mimosa Manor	1.3 miles	17
Skyland Manor	1.4 miles	17
Sutton Place	1.4 miles	17

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 Taylorville	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22058575	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 153664. 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.