BlockToonersville, Alabama
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Rogersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35652. It stands on Herston Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rogersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1914 USGS Rogersville quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Rogersville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Thorntontown quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Rogersville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Rogersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
61 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Toonersville between 1994 and 2016, burning about 206 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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 | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toonersville in 13 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toonersville | $3,000 | A CoCoRaHS observer reported that thunderstorm winds knocked down a willow tree, a maple tree, and two bradford pear trees. Also, the storm blown a small greenhouse off of its foundation and destroyed plants inside it. This was less than 400 yards from the intersection of CR 51 and CR 92 northwest of Rogersville. Time estimated by radar. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toonersville | $2,000 | Multiple trees were knocked down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toonersville | $2,000 | A tree was blown down on CR 55 near Rogersville. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toonersville | $2,000 | A tree was blown down across Lexington Rogersville Road near Joe Wheeler State Park. |
| February 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toonersville | $1,000 | Large tree limbs were knocked down and some roof shingles were blown off of some homes. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toonersville | $500 | A tree was knocked down blocking a lane of the roadway at the intersection of CR 53 and CR 110. Time estimated by radar. |
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toonersville | $500 | A tree was knocked down at the intersection of County Roads 53 and 92. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toonersville | $500 | A tree was knocked down along County Road 92. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toonersville | $200 | A tree was knocked down onto CR 55 near Nugent Branch. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toonersville | - | A 67 mph wind gust was measured northwest of Rogersville. |
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Toonersville | - | A tornado formed west of County Road 51 north of Mount Bethel Road and snapped a few small tree limbs. It then progressed north-northeast along County Road 51, uprooting progressively larger trees and causing one tree to fall on an abandoned building. A metal awning was lofted approximately 50 yards downstream of the tornado. The tornado then crossed County Road 51 near County Road 543. A house sustained minor shingle damage and a detached garage had a failure point at a southward-facing garage door, which then allowed the tornado to lift portions of the metal roof. The tornado then tracked northward and caused roof damage to outbuildings of the Whitehead Baptist Church and then moved north-northeast, uprooting trees and snapping small limbs along the track. A tree fell on another home, and powerlines had fallen along the track. The tornado lifted on County Road 89 after snapping a few small tree limbs. Debris fallout continued for another 100 yards or so downstream of the tornado end point. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Toonersville | - | Turner Lindsey Road closed in Rogersville due to flooding. Water depth unknown. |
| March 2009 | Flood | Toonersville | - | Runoff from heavy rainfall caused local streams and creeks to flood, which closed a portion of Turner Lindsey Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Haven Shores | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Whitehead | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Thorntontown | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Olive | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Cedar Hill (historical) | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Elgin | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Corum (historical) | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Springfield | 3.2 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.
| Wikidata item Q122562764 | 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 153705. 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.