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Vincent, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Vincent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35178. It stands on Blue Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Vincent quadrangle. 1,982 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 453 feet above sea level.

Vincent within Shelby County

Population over time

2 figures

Vincent fell from 1,988 to 1,982 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,988
20201,982-6 (-0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

266 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Vincent between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,476 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 100 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
Arson/incendiarism100
Debris and open burning89
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Recreation and ceremony18
Equipment and vehicle use7
Other causes4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks1
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
7 September 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190905-10
5 September 1995Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremony10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140930-002
29 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-30

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shelby County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Vincent: 5 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Iron. 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
No Name GivenIronPast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Luther Davis MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Luther Davis PropertyBarium-BaritePast ProducerResidual
R P Tucker ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
T C Elliott ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence
T S Florey ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
T. J. FloreyBarium-BaritePast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Shelby County

Storms near this place

19 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vincent in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Vincent$44,000A tornado initially touched down in far eastern Shelby County and tracked north northeast into western Talladega County. The tornado lifted northeast of Logan Martin Dam. The tornado touched down south of the town of Vincent on County Road 62 where it uprooted dozens of trees. The tornado traveled to the northeast and knocked down additional trees along its path. The damage was consistent with an EF1 rating and winds of 105 mph. ||The tornado crossed the Coosa River and moved into Talladega County, east of Bates Rd.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindVincent$20,000Numerous trees were downed. Shingles were blown off several homes. The front door and porch were damaged on another home in Dunavant.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindVincent$8,000no account filed
August 2008Thunderstorm WindVincent$3,000Several large trees and power lines were blown down near Vincent High School.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindVincent$3,000Thunderstorm wind blew down several trees in the Vincent area downing several power lines. Small hail was also reported in the Westover area by the Shelby County Sheriff's Department.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindVincent$2,000Several trees were downed.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindVincent$2,000Trees down in Sterret.
May 1998HailVincent$2,000no account filed
April 2009Thunderstorm WindVincent$500Trees were blown down on AL-25, near Harpersville.
December 2024Thunderstorm WindVincent-Several trees were downed around Vincent. A few structures sustained roof and/or structural damage as well.
June 2023HailVincent-Quarter size hail reported in Vincent.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindVincent-Several trees uprooted in the town of Vincent.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindVincent-Several trees uprooted in the town of Vincent.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindVincent-A few trees were reported down around Vincent.
February 1999HailVincent-Dime sized hail was reported near Vincent in northeastern Shelby County.
July 2012HailVincent-no account filed
April 2009HailVincent-no account filed
July 2008HailVincent-no account filed
June 2006HailVincent-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shelby 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
Arkwright1.0 miles21
Calcis3.1 miles22
Harpersville3.1 miles21
Gallups Crossroads3.6 miles21
Abbot Springs4.0 miles21
Creswell4.1 miles21
Cloverdale4.9 miles22
Sterrett5.7 miles22

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 VincentAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q67521The 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 153852. 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.