Yolande, Alabama
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Abernant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35490. It stands on Texas Creek. The Survey maps it on the Abernant quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1899 USGS Brookwood quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1927 USGS Adger quadrangle1:48000
- 1932 USGS Yolande quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Yolande quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Yolande SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Abernant quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
186 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Yolande between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,470 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 71 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 | 71 |
| Debris and open burning | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Yolande: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yolande in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2014: 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 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Yolande | - | The tornado touched down approximately a quarter mile west of Milldale Road near Davis Creek. It traveled to the northeast where it snapped and uprooted trees. The tornado crossed Griffen Ridge Road, Ridge Road and then Weller Road with winds of 105 mph and uprooted trees along each road. The tornado continued northeastward into Jefferson County. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Yolande | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abernant | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Pattersontown | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Million Dollar Lake Estates | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Lake View | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Cloester Valley | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Chambers | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Rickey | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Chamblee | 5.0 miles | 19 |
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 Q122552472 | 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 158962. 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.









