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.
Population over time
3 figuresWilsonville 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,867 | |
| 2010 | 1,827 | -40 (-2%) |
| 2020 | 1,857 | +30 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 25 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
- 1915 USGS Gantts Quarry quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1915 USGS Gantts Quarry quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS Gantts Quarry quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Gantts Quarry NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Wilsonville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
87 since 1994Regional 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/incendiarism | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180923-1 |
| 23 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190919-24 |
| 18 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190918-11 |
| 16 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190916-16 |
| 10 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. Howland | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Petrie Howland Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Columbiana Red Ore Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Hematite | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
18 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Wilsonville | $150,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilsonville | $50,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across eastern Shelby County. One mobile home was overturned and a few trees fell onto homes. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Wilsonville | $28,500 | A 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 2005 | Hail | Wilsonville | $8,000 | Hail up to the size of ping pong balls was observed from near Wilsonville to near Lay Lake. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilsonville | $5,000 | A tree fell on a house on Blue Springs Road. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilsonville | $2,000 | Large tree limbs were blown down across a large section of Wilsonville. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilsonville | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down in the Four Mile Community. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilsonville | $1,000 | Several tree limbs were blown down, blocking the road. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilsonville | $500 | Large tree limbs were blown down blocking of Highway 431. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilsonville | - | Trees were downed in numerous locations around Wilsonville. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilsonville | - | Power lines were downed along Indian Shoals Rd and along Highway 28 at Four H Rd. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilsonville | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in the town of Wilsonville. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilsonville | - | Several trees uprooted in the town of Wilsonville. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilsonville | - | Four trees approximately 8 inches in diameter each were broken off 4 feet above the ground. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilsonville | - | A large tree was snapped at the base at the intersection of Hebb Road and County Road 61. |
| December 2005 | Hail | Wilsonville | - | Penny size hail was reported in Wilsonville. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Wilsonville | - | Penny size hail fell near Wilsonville. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Wilsonville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valentine | 1.0 miles | 25 | |
| Indian Shoals | 1.6 miles | 25 | |
| Carleton Point | 2.0 miles | 25 | |
| Homestead | 2.1 miles | 25 | |
| Fourmile | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Klein | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Nelson | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Paradise Point Estates | 5.4 miles | 25 |
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 Wilsonville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65848 | 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 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.










