Vienna, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Aliceville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35442. It stands on Vienna Island (historical). The Survey maps it on the Aliceville South quadrangle. It stands 141 feet above sea level.

Vienna within Pickens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

1953 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1970 USGS Aliceville South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1984 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

19 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Vienna between 1995 and 2015, burning about 106 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Debris and open burning	5
Arson/incendiarism	4
Smoking	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
23 September 1998	Smoking	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
4 July 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	NWR-20140704-002
21 July 2006	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 June 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	44 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
12 June 2006	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 May 2002	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
14 May 2002	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 March 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pickens 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 Vienna: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Gulf States Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Little H. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Pickens County

Storms near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vienna in 1 storm report in 2011: 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
April 2011	Tornado (EF3)	Vienna	$1,600,000	A tornado initially touched down in Kemper County Mississippi (See Storm Data Jackson), near Scooba, and tracked northeast through Sumter County, Alabama and into southern Pickens County just west of CR 85. As the tornado strengthened to an EF3 rating with winds of 140, the path width decreased to 0.4 mile (704 yds). As the tornado crossed CR 85, a large cinder block building sustained significant loss of roofing and partial wall collapse. The tornado continued to cause tree damage along its path as it moved northeast and crossed the Tombigbee River at Vienna. The tornado weakened and lifted at AL Hwy 14, just north of the Sipsey River.

Every storm recorded in Pickens 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
Cochrane	4.5 miles	11
Clark	5.0 miles	11
Dancy	5.4 miles	11
Bridgeville	6.5 miles	12
Aliceville	7.9 miles	11
Stevens	8.4 miles	11
McMullen	9.0 miles	11
Garden	9.5 miles	11

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 Vienna	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7928293	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 157201. 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.