Photograph of Chilton County Airport — Photograph by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Farm Services Agency, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Gragg Field Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

From the record

“Chilton County Airport, also known as Gragg-Wade Field, is a public-use airport in Chilton County, Alabama, United States. It is located one nautical mile (2 km) east of the central business district of Clanton, Alabama.”
Wikipedia article Chilton County Airport, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 3 National Register listings published here for Chilton County · listed in 2004 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Address. 700 Airport Rd., Clanton, 35045
When was it listed? June 2004
Category. district
Census division. Clanton
National Register reference number. 04000557 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

274 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Gragg Field Historic District between 1994 and 2019, burning about 829 acres in total. None started naturally. 46 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	119
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	64
Arson/incendiarism	46
Recreation and ceremony	22
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Smoking	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
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
8 September 2001	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190929-6
29 September 2007	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 1996	Smoking	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Chilton County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gragg Field Historic District: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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
	Old Maddox Mine	Mica	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Chilton County

Storms near this property

42 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clanton, the town this property stands in, in 42 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 24 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 3 lightning, 2 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
November 1996	Tornado (F0)	Clanton	$200,000	no account filed
January 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	$90,000	What was believed to be a downburst damaged a number of structures and downed trees and power lines in central Chilton County between Clanton and Thorsby around New Salem Church and Collins Chapel. Two mobile homes were destroyed, five mobile homes were damaged, at least eight permanent homes were damaged, two vehicles were damaged, and a number of trees were down. Three poles along a major power line were also downed forcing US 31 traffic to be rerouted for several hours. The damage area was surveyed by NWS meteorologists and the damage pattern was consistent with straight-line wind.
March 2010	Tornado (EF1)	Clanton	$35,000	The tornado touched down just northwest of the city limits of Clanton, near the intersection of CR-406 and CR-53. From there it moved east-northeast into the northern part of the city, and lifted just after crossing US-31 west of the hospital. At least five structures received damage, with much of it consisting of shingles being blown off. One garage and a gazebo were heavily damaged, and one large storage building was totally destroyed with debris scattered nearly 1 1/2 miles downstream. Eight to 10 hardwood trees were uprooted and 6 to 9 smaller hard and soft wood trees were snapped.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	$25,000	The roof of a storage trailer was blown off, a tree fell on a car, and a wooden storage shed was destroyed.
February 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	$25,000	no account filed
March 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	$20,000	A few trees were blown down in and around the city of Clanton. One tree fell on a home in Clanton, causing moderate roof damage. One light pole was knocked over in the Chilton Mart Shopping Center.
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	$15,000	no account filed
April 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	$12,000	no account filed
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	$10,000	Several trees and power lines were down in Clanton, leaving about 5000 people without power for several hours.
May 1996	Hail	Clanton	$10,000	no account filed
March 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	$8,000	Trees and power lines were blown down in the Fairview area.
August 1998	Hail	Clanton	$8,000	no account filed
April 2005	Hail	Clanton	$6,000	Golf ball size hail was reported by Alabama State Troopers south of Clanton.
March 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	$6,000	Pea size hail was reported in Clanton. A few trees were also blown down in Clanton, and one home had it's car port torn off.
August 1997	Lightning	Clanton	$6,000	Lightning struck Adair Middle School's chimney and knocked out the schools intercom system and all but one of the schools phones.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	$5,000	Several trees were blown down throughout central Chilton County.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	$5,000	Shingles were blown off the roof of a motel.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	$5,000	Several trees were blown down near Clanton. The storm also caused some minor street flooding in Clanton but all roads remained passable.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	$5,000	Trees were down along Hwy 22, near the Coosa county line.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	$5,000	Trees were down along Hwy 145, north of Clanton.
August 2003	Lightning	Clanton	$3,000	Lightning apparently struck two houses about 600 yards apart in Clanton on 7th Street North and 10th Street North during a thunderstorm. Damage was believed to be minimal.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	$3,000	Trees and power lines were knocked down just south of Clanton. A few trees and power lines were also knocked down near Verbena.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	$3,000	Several trees were blown down near mile marker 210 on Interstate 65.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	$2,000	Trees were blown down in Clanton on Highway 22 between 10th and 11th Streets.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	$2,000	Trees were blown down and blocked AL-22, just west of the Clanton city limits. The blocked road caused a traffic accident, but there were no injuries. Time estimated.
August 2003	Lightning	Clanton	$2,000	The Enterprise Fire Department was dispatched to the 2000 block of CR 431 to investigate smoke in a house after it was apparently struck by lightning.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	$1,000	A few trees were knocked down in Clanton.
January 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	$1,000	Trees were blown down along SR 22 near Clanton.
April 2022	Hail	Clanton	-	Several reports of quarter size hail in Clanton.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	-	Multiple reports of uprooted trees in the city of Clanton.
January 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	-	Several trees uprooted in the city of Clanton.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	-	Several trees uprooted in the city of Clanton.
March 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Clanton	-	Several trees uprooted and large section of a roof torn off a building in downtown Clanton.
February 2005	Hail	Clanton	-	Penny size hail was reported just outside Clanton near CR 37.
March 2005	Hail	Clanton	-	Penny size hail was observed just west of Clanton.
June 1999	Hail	Clanton	-	Dime size was reported near Clanton.
April 1998	Hail	Clanton	-	Dime size hail was reported in Pleasant Grove.
February 1998	Hail	Clanton	-	Dime size hail was reported near Hill Trinity Church west of Clanton.
March 2021	Hail	Clanton	-	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	Clanton	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Clanton	-	no account filed
April 2004	Hail	Clanton	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chilton County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 04000557 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Chilton County	All 3 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.