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Wilsonville, Alabama

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Wilsonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35186. The Survey maps it on the Wilsonville quadrangle. 1,857 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 436 feet above sea level.

Wilsonville within Shelby County

Population over time

3 figures

Wilsonville fell from 1,867 to 1,857 between 2000 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
20001,867
20101,827-40 (-2%)
20201,857+30 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

87 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Wilsonville between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,378 acres in total. None started naturally. 29 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/incendiarism29
Debris and open burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
23 September 2018Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180923-1
23 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use80 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Arson/incendiarism8.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-24
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190918-11
16 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190916-16
10 September 1998Arson/incendiarism50 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shelby County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Wilsonville: 4 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite. 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
P. HowlandBarium-BaritePast ProducerResidual
Petrie Howland MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Columbiana Red Ore ProspectIronOccurrenceHematite
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Shelby County

Storms near this place

18 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilsonville in 18 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 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
May 2003Tornado (F1)Wilsonville$150,000no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindWilsonville$50,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across eastern Shelby County. One mobile home was overturned and a few trees fell onto homes.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Wilsonville$28,500A tornado touched down 2.5 miles northwest of Wilsonville on Largin Road. The tornado moved northeastward where it snapped or uprooted several trees. As the tornado crossed County Road 441, it strengthened to an EF-1 rating, with maximum winds of 90 mph. One home sustained roof damage, and a horse trailer was thrown at least 100 yards. The tornado lifted just north of Highway 25 near the Lay Lake inlet.
March 2005HailWilsonville$8,000Hail up to the size of ping pong balls was observed from near Wilsonville to near Lay Lake.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindWilsonville$5,000A tree fell on a house on Blue Springs Road.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindWilsonville$2,000Large tree limbs were blown down across a large section of Wilsonville.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindWilsonville$2,000Several trees were blown down in the Four Mile Community.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindWilsonville$1,000Several tree limbs were blown down, blocking the road.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWilsonville$500Large tree limbs were blown down blocking of Highway 431.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindWilsonville-Trees were downed in numerous locations around Wilsonville.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWilsonville-Power lines were downed along Indian Shoals Rd and along Highway 28 at Four H Rd.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindWilsonville-Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in the town of Wilsonville.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWilsonville-Several trees uprooted in the town of Wilsonville.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindWilsonville-Four trees approximately 8 inches in diameter each were broken off 4 feet above the ground.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWilsonville-A large tree was snapped at the base at the intersection of Hebb Road and County Road 61.
December 2005HailWilsonville-Penny size hail was reported in Wilsonville.
March 2003HailWilsonville-Penny size hail fell near Wilsonville.
June 2007HailWilsonville-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
Valentine1.0 miles25
Indian Shoals1.6 miles25
Carleton Point2.0 miles25
Homestead2.1 miles25
Fourmile3.8 miles16
Klein3.9 miles21
Nelson5.3 miles16
Paradise Point Estates5.4 miles25

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 WilsonvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65848The 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 129101. 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.