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Tyler, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Selmont-Tyler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36785. The Survey maps it on the Sardis quadrangle. It stands 203 feet above sea level.

Tyler within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

72 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Tyler between 1995 and 2019, burning about 527 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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 1995Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use3.7 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1997Debris and open burning2.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tyler: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
S & G Strip PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tyler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

6 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tyler in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2011Tornado (EF1)Tyler$45,000A tornado touched down near the intersection of Dallas County Roads 461 and 460. The tornado moved to the northeast and crossed the Alabama River where it moved into Autauga County. The tornado lifted just after crossing County Road 1 in Autauga county. In Dallas County, dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted along the path.
March 1996HailTyler$10,000no account filed
April 2025Thunderstorm WindTyler-Trees were downed across County Road 457, blocking the road.
January 2019Tornado (EF1)Tyler-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in eastern Dallas County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 100 mph. The tornado touched down near the intersection of County Road 74 and County Road 885. The tornado either snapped off or uprooted hundreds of trees as it moved northeastward. As the tornado moved parallel to County Road 461, it damaged some large farm irrigation equipment. The tornado turned slightly eastward as it neared the intersection of County Road 461 and County Road 462, then crossed the Alabama River into Autauga County.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindTyler-Several trees uprooted along County Road 7.
June 2023HailTyler-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Casey3.4 miles12
Polk4.6 miles12
New Everdale4.9 miles12
Sardis6.7 miles12
Old Town6.9 miles11
Brantley7.1 miles12
Selmont7.8 miles15
Manila7.8 miles12

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 TylerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7859928The 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 128235. 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.