York, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the York census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36925. It stands on Toomsuba Creek. The Survey maps it on the York quadrangle. 2,414 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 190 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresYork fell from 2,538 to 2,414 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,538 | |
| 2020 | 2,414 | -124 (-5%) |
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 York quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of York between 1994 and 2018, burning about 346 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-11 |
| 25 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150925-005 |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2012 | Natural | 24 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20120708-001 |
| 2 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of York: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Bloating Material. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston | Bloating Material | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
23 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names York in 23 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 15 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | York | $45,000 | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | York | $19,000 | A few trees were blown down in York. One tree landed on a home causing damage. No injuries were reported. |
| April 1996 | Hail | York | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | York | $8,000 | Several trees were blown down from near York to near Livingston. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | York | $7,000 | A few trees were blown down in and around York. At least one of the trees temporarily blocked a roadway. |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | York | $5,000 | Water was reported over several roads in the town of York. A few of the roads were temporarilyimpassable. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | York | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down on Highway 19 near the state line. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | York | $5,000 | Trees were reported blown down in Livingston and York. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | York | $3,000 | Several trees were knocked down across Interstate 20 near York. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | York | $2,000 | A tree was reported down across County Road 19 just north of York. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | York | $2,000 | A few trees and power lines were blown down near York. One tree fell across SR 17 temporarily blocking traffic. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | York | - | Around two dozen trees uprooted in the city of York. Some of the trees fell on homes and power lines. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | York | - | Several trees uprooted in the town of York. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | York | - | A large tree uprooted and power lines downed along County Road 2, just west of the town of York. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | York | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed near the intersection of Highway 11 and Wallace Road. Numerous trees reported uprooted and widespread power outages across Sumter County. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | York | - | A tree was reported down on County Road 2, north of Cuba. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | York | - | Two trees were blow down in the town of York, with one tree blocking Highway 11 near Hill Hospital. |
| May 2006 | Hail | York | - | Reported in the Siloam community, near Highway 17. |
| May 2005 | Hail | York | - | Nickel size hail was reported in York. |
| May 2000 | Hail | York | - | Dime size hail was reported by a motorist near intersection of US 80 and SR 17. |
| July 1995 | Hail | York | - | Dime-size hail was reported in York. |
| May 1995 | Hail | York | - | Golf ball-size hail was reported at York and dime-size hail was reported 11 miles south of Livingston. |
| March 1995 | Hail | York | - | Three-quarter inch hail was reported at Cuba and at York. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williams | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Scratch Hill | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Millville | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Siloam | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Standard | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Dove | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Hixon | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Intercourse | 5.7 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 York | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q80025 | 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 129302. 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.




