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Woodlawn, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35634. It lies near Five Acre Island (historical). The Survey maps it on the Killen quadrangle.

Woodlawn within Lauderdale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

126 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Woodlawn between 1994 and 2020, burning about 429 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 37 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 burning50
Arson/incendiarism37
Recreation and ceremony11
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural1

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
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190929-11
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission673 CR 72, AL
16 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2010Debris and open burning7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lauderdale County

Storms near this place

24 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodlawn in 24 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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
February 2025Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn$5,000A tree was knocked down on a residence at 104 Mimosa Cove in Killen. Time estimated by radar.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn$5,000A tree was knocked down on a house along Williams Avenue.
April 2011LightningWoodlawn$5,000Lightning struck a home sparking a fire. Details unknown.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn$5,000The top of a large hardwood tree was broken off at a residence on Coves Court. This tree missed the house, but took down the powerline nearby. Widespread power outages in the neighborhood of this home.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn$3,000Trees were knocked down blocking both lanes of the roadway at CR 27 at Florence Blvd.
December 2025Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn$3,000Trees were reported down along CR 27.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn$2,000Trees and power lines were knocked down in a backyard along Dowdy Drive.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn$2,000A tree was knocked down onto a house along Mimosa Cove.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn$2,000Several trees were knocked down along Dowdy Drive in Florence.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn$1,000A tree was knocked down and blocking the road at the intersection of Dr. Kennedy Drive and Perritt Cove Road. Time estimated by radar and nearby observation.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn$1,000A tree was knocked down at the intersection of Dr. Kennedy Drive and Elm Cove Road. Time estimated by radar and nearby observation.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn$500A power line was knocked down at CR 323 at Florence Blvd.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn$200A tree was knocked down at 7213 Parkwood Street.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn$200A power line was knocked down at the intersection of Florence Blvd. and Huntsville Road.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn$200A power line was knocked down at the intersection of Ridgecliff and Sky Park in Florence.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn$200A tree was knocked down across the road on Bennett Way. Time estimated by radar.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn$200A tree was knocked down at 501 Spring Wood Court.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn$200A tree was knocked down on Myrtle Drive. Time estimated by radar.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn$200A tree was knocked down at Huntsville Road near Huntsville Boulevard.
December 2019Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn$200A tree was knocked down on Hickory Cove Road near Taylor Drive.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn$200A tree was knocked down on Indian Springs Drive.
February 2025Tornado (EF1)Woodlawn-The tornado initially touched down in the vicinity of Myrtle Road in the Kendale Gardens subdivision where it produced the only structural damage observed by the survey team. This |structural damage was due to a large, uprooted hardwood tree falling into the front portion of a residence. The tornado then traveled eastward, crossing the mouth of Shoal Creek and far |northern extent of Wilson Lake before moving back onshore and producing tree damage along the southern portion of Lingerlost Road. Afterwards, the tornado moved generally eastward across |rural portions of southern Lauderdale County, north of Wilson Lake and south of U.S. Highway 72, producing clusters of tree damage on CR 31 and in the general vicinity of the intersection of Lauderdale CR 33 and Walnut Creek Road. From this point, the tornado headed east-northeastward, crossing Bluewater Creek and producing sporadic tree damage in Elgin and along the western shore of Second Creek. The tornado lifted along Lauderdale CR 53 north of Thorntontown, where tree damage was also observed.
May 2025HailWoodlawn-Hail up to 3/4 inch in diameter was reported via mPING.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn-Trees and power lines were knocked down along CR 323 just off U.S. Highway 72.

Every storm recorded in Lauderdale 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
Elm Acres0.2 miles18
Village Pines0.4 miles18
Rivermont0.4 miles18
Indian Springs0.8 miles18
Morningside Heights0.8 miles18
Wilson Heights0.8 miles18
Bellemeade0.8 miles18
Evergreen Estates1.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 142073. 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.