BlockYantley, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Lisman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36912. It stands on Hyndes Branch. The Survey maps it on the Yantley quadrangle. It stands 279 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Yantley quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
88 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Yantley between 1993 and 2018, burning about 1,352 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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 burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 22 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20120914-001 |
| 11 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20120703-002 |
| 3 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yantley in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yantley | $5,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees and powerlines on Highway 10. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yantley | $2,000 | Widespread damage to trees and power lines was reported in the northwest and north part of the county. |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yantley | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Yantley | - | This tornado is a continuation of an EF2 tornado that began in|Lauderdale County Mississippi. The tornado continued into Choctaw|County Alabama producing EF-0 damage as it crossed Concord Rd in|two separate places before dissipating. This track added 2.25 |miles to the total track length of roughly 5.25 miles. The peak |intensity in this segment was 75 mph. Thank you to the National |Weather Service Office in Jackson Mississippi for performing the |survey. |
| December 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yantley | - | High winds downed trees in Yantley. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Yantley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pushmataha | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Cyril | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cromwell | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Mollie | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Halsell | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Lisman | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Riderwood | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Chapel Hill | 10.1 miles | 9 |
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 Yantley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8048989 | 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 154042. 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.