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Trimble, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Logan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35057. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trimble quadrangle. It stands 525 feet above sea level.

Trimble within Cullman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

88 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Trimble between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,052 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 burning40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism14
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140924-003
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190922-4
19 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160919-1
17 September 2019Arson/incendiarism50 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190917-7
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism85 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2006Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution20 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD 818, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cullman County

Storms near this place

24 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trimble in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 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
May 2010Thunderstorm WindTrimble$20,000Structural damage to boat docks on Lewis Smith Lake near Trimble.
May 2008Tornado (EF1)Trimble$20,000A tornado touched down again just east of Sulpher Springs tracking into the Trimble community before lifting. The tornado uprooted or snapped several large trees. Some trees damaged apartments and campers in this area. Another tornado touched down a few more miles northeast on the east side of Cullman.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindTrimble$15,000A barn was destroyed and blown into the road at the 6400 block of County Road 436.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindTrimble$10,000Minor property damage and some downed trees along Highway 69 were reported in the Trimble area. One resident's shop roof was blown off in this area.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindTrimble$10,000Numerous trees and power lines blown down from Trimble to just south of Cullman to Holly Pond.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindTrimble$5,000Multiple trees down on County Road 821.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindTrimble$5,000A tree was knocked down onto a home on the 300 block of County Road 336.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindTrimble$5,000Severe thunderstorm winds caused damage to structures along County Road 222.
April 2000HailTrimble$5,000Dime to quarter size hail was reported in Trimble.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindTrimble$2,000Power lines were knocked down at 185 CR 336. Time estimated by radar.
November 2025Thunderstorm WindTrimble$1,000A tree was knocked down on CR 222 in Trimble. Time estimated by radar.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindTrimble$500A tree was knocked down along CR 820.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindTrimble$200A tree was knocked down.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindTrimble$200A tree was knocked down.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindTrimble$200A tree was knocked down.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindTrimble-Thunderstorm wind damaged several barns, the debris of which damaged basement windows of a nearby house.
March 2015HailTrimble-Golf ball sized hail was reported.
March 2012HailTrimble-Golf ball sized hail was reported.
March 2012HailTrimble-Tennis ball sized hail was reported.
March 2010HailTrimble-Quarter size hail was reported near Lewis Smith Lake.
May 2010HailTrimble-Hail up to the size of nickels was reported near Trimble.
August 2009Flash FloodTrimble-Flash flooding was reported along CR 813 and 616 near Good Hope.
May 1998HailTrimble-Dime size hail was reported in Trimble.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindTrimble-Winds gusted to 70 mph at Trimble. Half-inch hail was also reported.

Every storm recorded in Cullman 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
Loretto2.4 miles18
Grandview3.3 miles17
Guthery Crossroads3.6 miles12
Logan4.3 miles11
Misty Harbor4.7 miles18
Good Hope4.8 miles18
Sulphur Springs4.9 miles12
Dodge City4.9 miles18

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 TrimbleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q21196641The 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 153718. 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.