Wannville, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Stevenson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35752. It stands on Owen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wannville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1886 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Wannville quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Wannville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Wannville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Wannville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 344 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2006 | Natural | 40 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180717-1 |
| 16 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO RD 42, HOLLYWOOD AL, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wannville: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson County | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wannville in 7 storm reports between 2020 and 2025: 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wannville | $3,000 | Trees down at the intersection of CR 42 and U.S. highway 72. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wannville | $3,000 | Trees were snapped and uprooted at 1900 CR 46. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wannville | $2,000 | TA tree and some powerlines were reported down in Fackler. |
| November 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wannville | $2,000 | A photo was provided showing multiple trees snapped. Time estimated by radar. |
| December 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wannville | $500 | A tree was knocked down at the intersection of CR 230 and CR 141. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wannville | $500 | A large tree was knocked down along CR 50 near Hollywood. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wannville | $500 | A tree was knocked down onto a power line along County Road 46 in Hollywood. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fackler | 2.0 miles | 21 | |
| Yucca (historical) | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Martintown | 3.3 miles | 23 | |
| Cedar Grove | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Hymer (historical) | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| Yucca | 4.1 miles | 22 | |
| Riverland Estates | 4.8 miles | 23 | |
| Georgetown | 5.5 miles | 23 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122556240 | 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 157214. 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.










