Vineland, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Dixons Mill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36784. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Surginer quadrangle. It stands 148 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Surginer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Selma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
86 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Vineland between 1994 and 2020, burning about 654 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160916-10 |
| 30 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | OAK GROVE ST, AL |
| 3 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vineland in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2024: 1 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vineland | - | Several trees were blown down around Vineland. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Vineland | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southeast Marengo County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 100 mph.||A tornado formed along State Route 25 about two miles southwest of the Moores Valley community in extreme southeast Marengo County. The tornado tracked northeast, causing significant tree damage at Friendship Baptist Church, along County Road 56, County Road 55, and Moores Valley Road. The damage path quickly grew to a width of 1000 yards as it crossed into Wilcox 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moores Valley | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Pope | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Ellison (historical) | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Surginer | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Hampden | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Clayhill | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Magnolia | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Dixons Mills | 7.0 miles | 10 |
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 Vineland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7932433 | 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 128461. 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.




