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Wynnville, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Clarence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35952. It lies near Brushy Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Clarence quadrangle.

Wynnville within Blount County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

91 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Wynnville between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,077 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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 burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism19
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2016Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160906-7
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2003Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission1535 STARNES CHAPEL RD, AL
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190918-1
17 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blount County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Wynnville: 9 occurrences, 9 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Nickel, Cobalt, Cobalt. 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
Cook MineManganese, CobaltPast ProducerPsilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad
No 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
No Name GivenNickel, CobaltOccurrence
Eli Bynum ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Bynum MineManganesePast Producer1876
Collier-Edge DepositManganesePast Producer1942
J.B.BynumManganesePast Producer1924

Every working recorded in Blount County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wynnville in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWynnville2 hurt, $30,000A mobile home was blown off its foundation, in the Wynville community. Two occupants were briefly trapped and sustained unspecified injuries.
February 2026Thunderstorm WindWynnville-Multiple trees were downed at CR 36 and Wilson Chapel Rd near Fridays Crossing.
February 2026HailWynnville-Up to golf ball-size hail fell on the Blount County side of Altoona.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWynnville-Numerous trees uprooted and power lines downed in the Susan Moore and Snead Communities.
March 2018HailWynnville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Blount 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
Susan Moore1.9 miles22
Old Snead2.3 miles22
New Home2.5 miles22
Fridays Crossing2.6 miles22
Snead2.7 miles22
Bird (historical)3.5 miles22
Craig (historical)3.7 miles22
Ellison Crossroads3.9 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.

Wikidata item Q122547823The 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 129263. 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.