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.
Population over time
2 figuresVincent 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,988 | |
| 2020 | 1,982 | -6 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 22 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.
- 1890 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1951 USGS Vincent quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Vincent quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
266 since 1994Regional 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/incendiarism | 100 |
| Debris and open burning | 89 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190905-10 |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20140930-002 |
| 29 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-30 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Name Given | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Luther Davis Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Luther Davis Property | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Residual | |
| R P Tucker Prospect | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| T C Elliott Prospect | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| T S Florey Prospect | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| T. J. Florey | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
19 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Vincent | $44,000 | A 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincent | $20,000 | Numerous trees were downed. Shingles were blown off several homes. The front door and porch were damaged on another home in Dunavant. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincent | $8,000 | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincent | $3,000 | Several large trees and power lines were blown down near Vincent High School. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincent | $3,000 | Thunderstorm 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincent | $2,000 | Several trees were downed. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincent | $2,000 | Trees down in Sterret. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Vincent | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincent | $500 | Trees were blown down on AL-25, near Harpersville. |
| December 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincent | - | Several trees were downed around Vincent. A few structures sustained roof and/or structural damage as well. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Vincent | - | Quarter size hail reported in Vincent. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincent | - | Several trees uprooted in the town of Vincent. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincent | - | Several trees uprooted in the town of Vincent. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincent | - | A few trees were reported down around Vincent. |
| February 1999 | Hail | Vincent | - | Dime sized hail was reported near Vincent in northeastern Shelby County. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Vincent | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Vincent | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Vincent | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Vincent | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkwright | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Calcis | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Harpersville | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Gallups Crossroads | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Abbot Springs | 4.0 miles | 21 | |
| Creswell | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Cloverdale | 4.9 miles | 22 | |
| Sterrett | 5.7 miles | 22 |
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 Vincent | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q67521 | 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 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.







