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Warrenton, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Union Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35976. The Survey maps it on the Guntersville quadrangle. It stands 620 feet above sea level.

Warrenton within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

75 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Warrenton between 1994 and 2017, burning about 912 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 17 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 burning30
Arson/incendiarism17
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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
6 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2016Debris and open burning4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160924-13
24 September 2010Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2015Other causes2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20150922-002
20 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Debris and open burning50 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Debris and open burning165 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Warrenton: 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kennmer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Langford Mine and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mal 1b Clay ProspectClayProspect
Unnamed QuarrySilicaProducer

Every working recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

16 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Warrenton in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
August 1995Thunderstorm WindWarrenton$3,000Trees and power lines were reported down by emergency management in what was believed to be a down burst wind. The area affected was near Warrenton just west of Guntersville.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindWarrenton$2,000Trees and power lines were knocked down at Frygap Mountain Road at Warrenton Road. Time estimated by radar.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWarrenton$2,000A tree was blown down on a power line on Cha-La-Kee road.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWarrenton$2,000A tree was blown down at 479 Thompson Falls Road near Arab.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWarrenton$2,000A tree was blown down on Cotton road.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindWarrenton$2,000no account filed
August 2018Thunderstorm WindWarrenton$200A tree was knocked down along the intersection of Warrenton Road and Point of Pines Road in Guntersville.
May 2025Flash FloodWarrenton-Flooding still lingering on Hester Road near Aldridge Gap Road.
September 2022Heavy RainWarrenton-Over 8 inches of rain measured west of Guntersville since 7am.
September 2022Heavy RainWarrenton-Measured via personal weather station.
September 2022Heavy RainWarrenton-Measured via personal weather station.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindWarrenton-A tree was knocked down onto a house at 2694 Aldridge Gap Road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWarrenton-Power lines were knocked down at the intersection of Warrenton Road and Bow Range Road.
November 2017Thunderstorm WindWarrenton-Power lines were knocked down with roof damage in the middle of the road along Highway 69 at Warrenton Road west of Guntersville.
April 2011Tornado (EF2)Warrenton-The tornado initially touched down just west of Guntersville Lake, near Spindle Top Drive and Highway 69. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted in this location. The tornado then continued northeast across County Road (CR) 14 and across Cha-la-kee and Cotton Roads, where several homes had damage to shingles and numerous large trees were uprooted.||The tornado then moved northeast across Guntersville Lake and strengthened as it crossed Buck Island. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted across the Buck Island community. Several power poles were snapped near their bases and numerous homes sustained minor roof damage. Several piers and sheds were also destroyed. Damage was rated EF-1 through this area.||Next, the tornado crossed east over Guntersville Lake and struck Lake Guntersville State Park as an EF-2. Hundreds of trees were twisted, snapped and uprooted through the northern half of the State Park. Several RV campers were damaged in the camp grounds and minor roof damage was observed at the camp lodge.||The tornado continued northeast, just to the east of Highway 227, where hundreds of additional trees were snapped and uprooted along the west-facing valley wall. The tornado moved northeast as an EF-2, destroying a trailer and rolling another near Oliver Road, between Williams and Martin Drive. A barn and shed were also demolished.||The tornado then continued northeast crossing Highway 227 near Morgan Cove Road, twisting and uprooting several trees.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindWarrenton-A few trees and power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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
Smith Shores0.6 miles22
Mount Carmel2.3 miles24
Southtown2.7 miles22
Lakeview2.7 miles22
Mill Village2.7 miles22
Crossroads2.8 miles22
Sunrise Shores2.9 miles22
Meadow Wood3.2 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 WarrentonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q21196655The 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 128591. 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.