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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.

York within Sumter County

Population over time

2 figures

York 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,538
20202,414-124 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

34 since 1994

Regional 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/undetermined12
Debris and open burning11
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
28 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-11
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20150925-005
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2012Natural24 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20120708-001
2 July 2009Equipment and vehicle use13 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
LivingstonBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Sumter County

Storms near this place

23 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 1996Thunderstorm WindYork$45,000no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindYork$19,000A few trees were blown down in York. One tree landed on a home causing damage. No injuries were reported.
April 1996HailYork$10,000no account filed
March 2005Thunderstorm WindYork$8,000Several trees were blown down from near York to near Livingston.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindYork$7,000A few trees were blown down in and around York. At least one of the trees temporarily blocked a roadway.
July 2004Flash FloodYork$5,000Water was reported over several roads in the town of York. A few of the roads were temporarilyimpassable.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindYork$5,000Several trees were blown down on Highway 19 near the state line.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindYork$5,000Trees were reported blown down in Livingston and York.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindYork$3,000Several trees were knocked down across Interstate 20 near York.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindYork$2,000A tree was reported down across County Road 19 just north of York.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindYork$2,000A few trees and power lines were blown down near York. One tree fell across SR 17 temporarily blocking traffic.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindYork-Around two dozen trees uprooted in the city of York. Some of the trees fell on homes and power lines.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindYork-Several trees uprooted in the town of York.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindYork-A large tree uprooted and power lines downed along County Road 2, just west of the town of York.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindYork-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 2013Thunderstorm WindYork-A tree was reported down on County Road 2, north of Cuba.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindYork-Two trees were blow down in the town of York, with one tree blocking Highway 11 near Hill Hospital.
May 2006HailYork-Reported in the Siloam community, near Highway 17.
May 2005HailYork-Nickel size hail was reported in York.
May 2000HailYork-Dime size hail was reported by a motorist near intersection of US 80 and SR 17.
July 1995HailYork-Dime-size hail was reported in York.
May 1995HailYork-Golf ball-size hail was reported at York and dime-size hail was reported 11 miles south of Livingston.
March 1995HailYork-Three-quarter inch hail was reported at Cuba and at York.

Every storm recorded in Sumter 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
Williams2.5 miles8
Scratch Hill3.3 miles8
Millville3.5 miles8
Siloam4.6 miles8
Standard5.0 miles8
Dove5.0 miles8
Hixon5.6 miles13
Intercourse5.7 miles9

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 YorkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q80025The 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.