Collinsville Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

From the record

“The Collinsville Historic District is a historic district in Collinsville, Alabama, United States. After the Cherokee were removed in 1835, Collinsville was founded on land owned by Alfred Collins, a settler from Rhea County, Tennessee.”
Wikipedia article Collinsville Historic District (Collinsville, Alabama), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 13 National Register listings published here for DeKalb County · listed in 2006 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. Valley Ave., Main St. and Grand Ave., Collinsville, 35961
When was it listed? March 2006
Category. district
Census division. Collinsville
National Register reference number. 06000181 - 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

163 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Collinsville Historic District between 1997 and 2019, burning about 2,198 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 50 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	54
Arson/incendiarism	50
Debris and open burning	42
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Smoking	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Natural	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Fireworks	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 2002	Debris and open burning	42 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20180907-1
29 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160929-34
28 September 1999	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	CO. RD. 65, AL
23 September 2005	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190920-3

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Collinsville Historic District: 2 past producers. 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
	Collinsville Area, Unnamed	Iron	Past Producer	Hematite
	Unnamed, Red Mt. Area	Iron	Past Producer	Hematite

Every working recorded in DeKalb County

Storms near this property

46 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Collinsville, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 23 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 5 flash flood, 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
April 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Collinsville	$25,000	A few trees and power lines were knocked down in a Collinsville mobile home park. One tree fell onto two parked cars totally destroying the vehicles.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Collinsville	$20,000	Numerous trees were downed by thunderstorm winds along highway 68 between Collinsville and Crossville, Alabama.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Collinsville	$5,000	A few trees were donwed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2012	Heavy Rain	Collinsville	$5,000	A tree fell down onto Interstate 59 between mile markers 202 and 203 due to saturated ground from heavy rainfall, just southwest of Collinsville.
April 1997	Hail	Collinsville	$5,000	One inch hail was reported in and just north of Collinsville, in the southern part of the county.
May 1998	Hail	Collinsville	$3,000	One inch hail was reported in Collinsville by the EMA.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Collinsville	$2,000	Trees and powerlines were knocked down near downtown Collinsville along U.S. Highway 11.
February 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Collinsville	$2,000	A tree was blown down on highway 68.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Collinsville	$2,000	A tree was blown down along CR 51 and near CR 12.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Collinsville	$2,000	Very large tree branches fell on a house in southeastern Collinsvile. This caused minor damage to the structure.
May 2008	Tornado (EF0)	Collinsville	$1,000	A brief, weak tornado touched down just west of county road 51, approximately 1/2 of a mile northeast of state highway 68. The tornado snapped large trees branches at a residence there, then tracked into a grassy field where convergent patterns were found. The tornado continued southeast for 1/4 of a mile. At the end of its path, it downed some trees after crossing nearby interstate 59.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Collinsville	$500	A tree was knocked down into power lines.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Collinsville	$200	A tree was knocked down near Mile Marker 201 on the northbound side of Interstate 59.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Collinsville	$100	A tree was knocked down at College Avenue.
April 2020	Flash Flood	Collinsville	-	First floor of Collinsville School flooded. Depth of water unknown.
April 2020	Tornado (EF0)	Collinsville	-	A tornado uprooted several trees along and just east of North Valley Avenue. Large branches were snapped off trees as the tornado tracked east of CR 822 before destroying a small barn shed along CR 853.
March 2019	Hail	Collinsville	-	Hail up to the size of quarters was reported in the Collinsville area.
March 2019	Hail	Collinsville	-	Quarter sized hail was reported in Collinsville. Location of report estimated by radar. Report relayed via social media.
April 2017	Hail	Collinsville	-	Nickel sized hail was reported in Collinsville.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Collinsville	-	Power lines and trees were knocked down.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Collinsville	-	Multiple trees reported down along hwy 68 and CR 6.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Collinsville	-	Tree reported down on I-59 at mile marker 206.
March 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Collinsville	-	Damage to the roofs of the Collinsville High School and National Guard Armory was reported.
March 2011	Flash Flood	Collinsville	-	Flash flooding prompted the closure of County Road 5.
March 2011	Flash Flood	Collinsville	-	Flash flooding prompted the closure of County Road 39.
January 2009	Funnel Cloud	Collinsville	-	A law enforcement officer reported a funnel cloud along interstate 59 west of Collinsville.
April 2009	Hail	Collinsville	-	Baseball size hail fell in the Collinsville area.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Collinsville	-	Severe thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree across the road near highway 68 and highway 176.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Collinsville	-	Severe thunderstorm winds uprooted two large apple trees 1 mile north northeast of Collinsville.
May 2008	Hail	Collinsville	-	A severe thunderstorm produced quarter sized hail in Collinsville.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Collinsville	-	Severe thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on highway 68 at Big Wills Creek Bridge just west of Collinsville.
April 2007	Hail	Collinsville	-	Several reports of hail occurred from Collinsville eastward to the Cherokee county line, west of Sand Rock.
April 2007	Hail	Collinsville	-	Several reports of hail occurred from Collinsville eastward to the Cherokee county line, west of Sand Rock. The largest hailstones reported fell in Collinsville.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Collinsville	-	Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree along highway 68 that blocked the road.
April 2007	Hail	Collinsville	-	Hail to 0.75 inches occurred at City Hall in Collinsville.
April 2006	Hail	Collinsville	-	Golf ball size hail was reported.
June 2006	Hail	Collinsville	-	Nickel sized hail was reported along Interstate 59.
April 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Collinsville	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree in Collinsville.
August 2005	Hail	Collinsville	-	Quarter size hail was reported.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Collinsville	-	A couple of trees were blown down on County Road 11 near the Dekalb/Cherokee county line.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Collinsville	-	A couple of trees were blown down on County Road 32 and Highway 178.
July 2004	Hail	Collinsville	-	Penny size hail reported.
June 2004	Flash Flood	Collinsville	-	Flash flooding was reported with several inches of water over road.
November 2004	Flash Flood	Collinsville	-	Four to five inches of water covered roads at the intersection of highways 11 and 68. Water was also reported to be several inches deep in five buildings near a creek at this location.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Collinsville	-	a few trees down across highway 227.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Collinsville	-	Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down in Collinsville.

Every storm recorded in DeKalb 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 06000181 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
DeKalb County	All 13 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.