Guntersville Hydroelectric Project

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.

From the record

One of 15 National Register listings published here for Marshall County · listed in 2016 · category: District.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. 3464 Snow Point Rd., Guntersville
When was it listed? July 2016
Category. district
Also known as. Tennessee Valley Authority Hydroelectric System, 1933-1979 MPS
Census division. Union Grove
National Register reference number. 16000432 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

59 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Guntersville Hydroelectric Project between 1994 and 2017, burning about 1,040 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 21 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	21
Debris and open burning	14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Smoking	4
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Natural	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Other causes	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
24 September 2016	Debris and open burning	4.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160924-13
22 September 2015	Other causes	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	NOR-20150922-002
15 September 2011	Smoking	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	HWY 431 S, AL
14 September 1998	Debris and open burning	165 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	60 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	6.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 1998	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 July 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Marshall 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 Guntersville Hydroelectric Project: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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
	Shale Pit No 2	Clay	Producer

Every working recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this property

51 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Guntersville, the town this property stands in, in 51 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 27 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 lightning. The reports record 30 injuries. 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 1994	Tornado (F2)	Guntersville	30 hurt, $5,000,000	A tornado travelled southwest to northeast across an area just south of the city of Guntersville. The tornado apparently began along Highway 79 South then cross Big Spring Creek damaging a number of residential structures along Spring Creek Drive. The tornado appeared to weaken, but was still strong enough to rip off the top part of the roof to the Marshall Nursing Home and damaging several houses near the entrance to Happy Home. It crossed U.S. Highway 431 near the high school taking out some trees on the side of the mountain and damaging a couple of homes. A total of 103 houses were damaged, 45 of them along Spring Creek Drive and eight along Highway 79 South.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	$500,000	Thunderstorm wind caused extensive damage to trees which fell on and destroyed four campers at the Ossa-Win-Tha Resort on Lake Guntersville located northeast of Guntersville along Highway 79. The thunderstorm was moving from the east and the damage was confined to an small area immediately adjacent to the lake.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	$100,000	Several strong thunderstorms merged and intensified around the southern portion of Guntersville lake. A microburst occurred, with the most significant damage occurring at the Claysville snack bar located along Highway 431, just south of the Highway 431/Highway 79 interchange. The small cinder block building with a relatively flat wood roof that was covered by sheet metal, was heavily damaged. The wind ripped the entire roof structure off and collapsed three of the four exterior walls. The debris was thrown downwind approximately 100 yards. The microburst had estimated maximum winds of 90 mph and appeared to initially be concentrated directly over the snack bar, with further damage moving away from this point. There was evidence of a 50 yard section of a chain link fence being bent foward and nearly uprooted by the damaging wind. The estimated length of this particular microburst was 0.6 miles. \|A couple of blocks downstream and to the north and between Braswell road and a nearby marina, several medium sized trees were snapped midway down the tree, with smaller branches thrown around. There were also a few sproadic trees downed just northeast of the microburst location.
May 1997	Flash Flood	Guntersville	$40,000	Over 5 inches of rain fell over parts of the county causing storm drains to fill up quickly. Several roads were washed away and water businesses and homes had up to 1 1/2 feet of water in them. The fire station in Guntersville had several inches of water in the truck bay.
September 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	$25,000	A few trees were downed by thunderstorm winds and roofs were partially blown off of two homes from near the intersection of May and Siebold streets and Gunter Avenue, near Guntersville, Alabama. A church on Gunter Avenue near Guntersville, Alabama, also sustained minor roof damage due to a fallen tree.
March 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	$20,000	Numerous trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	$20,000	Numerous trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds on the peninsula in the city of Guntersville, Alabama.
May 1997	Hail	Guntersville	$15,000	Golf ball sized hail covered the ground in Guntersville. The high school roof and parking lot were damaged with. The wheat crop was also damaged.
February 1999	Lightning	Guntersville	$12,000	Lightning struck a transformer and entered the Classic Car Wash. The lightning damaged heavy machinery and all the computer systems and electrical appliances. No injuries were reported.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	$10,000	A few small trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	$10,000	Numerous trees were blown down near Claysville.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	$10,000	What was described as a microburst occurred in the Pleasant Grove and Sims area of Marshall County just south of Guntersville downing trees and power lines. Several thousand customers in the southern portion of Marshall County were without power. Minor damage was done to several buildings including one barn was destroyed.
April 1998	Hail	Guntersville	$10,000	no account filed
January 1997	Hail	Guntersville	$10,000	no account filed
March 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	$6,000	no account filed
July 1999	Lightning	Guntersville	$5,000	Lightning struck a home in Guntersville and ignited a small fire. The home only received minor damage because the fire was put out quickly by the fire department.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	$5,000	Several trees were down just west of the Guntersville State Park along SR 227.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	$3,000	A few trees were knocked down in central Marshall County around Lake Guntersville and in the city of Guntersville.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	$2,000	large tree fell on mobile home.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	$2,000	A few trees and power lines were blown down in the city of Guntersville. Lightning from the storms caused numerous locations to be without power for several hours.
April 2000	Hail	Guntersville	$2,000	Quarter size hail was reported just southeast of Guntersville.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	$1,000	Golf ball sized hail was reported at 1600 Gordon Street.
December 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	$1,000	A tree was reported down at the intersection of highway 227 and Gordon street.
February 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	$1,000	A tree was blown down on highway 227 toward the Guntersville state park.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	$500	Severe thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree near Guntersville on highway 227.
May 2025	Hail	Guntersville	-	Golf ball size hail was reported at 1600 Gordon Street in the Guntersville area.
April 2021	Hail	Guntersville	-	Ping pong ball sized hail was reported in Guntersville.
March 2017	Hail	Guntersville	-	One inch diameter hail was reported 2.2 miles southwest of Guntersville.
March 2017	Hail	Guntersville	-	Golf ball sized hail was reported on the east side of Guntersville.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	-	A few trees, large limbs and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds.
April 2012	Hail	Guntersville	-	Nickel sized hail was reported.
April 2012	Hail	Guntersville	-	Nickel sized hail was reported.
September 2011	Flash Flood	Guntersville	-	Flash flooding occurred across the Guntersville area with several inches of water over several roads.
March 2010	Funnel Cloud	Guntersville	-	A wall cloud was reported in Guntersville.
December 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	-	Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down on a road in Alder Springs and another in Grant. Time estimated.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	-	Trees and street signs were blown down on Highway 227 in the northeastern section of Guntersville.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	-	A few trees and power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds in the residential area on Buck Island, just east of the Guntersville airport.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	-	Trees were blown down.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	-	Several power lines and trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
April 2005	Hail	Guntersville	-	Half dollar size hail was reported.
December 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	-	A few trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
March 2004	Flash Flood	Guntersville	-	Six to eight inches of water was reported over roads in Guntersville by Emergency Management.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	-	Several trees were blown down throughout portions of the county due to a line of severe thunderstorms moving south into north Alabama out of southern middle Tennessee.
July 2004	Hail	Guntersville	-	Penny size hail reported at a technical school along U.S. Highway 431.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	-	A few trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds along Highway 69.
October 2004	Flash Flood	Guntersville	-	Several inches of water was over County Road 205 and Highway 431 in Guntersville.
April 2003	Hail	Guntersville	-	Quarter size hail reported.
May 2003	Hail	Guntersville	-	quarter size hail reported
May 2003	Hail	Guntersville	-	nickel size hail reported.
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Guntersville	-	large tree and power lines down.
August 2002	Hail	Guntersville	-	Quarter size hail was observed along US 431 in northern Marshall County.

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Guntersville City School	7.3 miles	2003
Guntersville Post Office Building	7.4 miles	2010
Albert G. Henry Jr. House	7.4 miles	1989
Henry-Jordan House	7.4 miles	1979
Company E of the 167th Infantry of the Alabama National Guard Armory	7.4 miles	2005
Downtown Guntersville Historic District	7.4 miles	2012

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 16000432 in Record Group 79.
Marshall County	All 15 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.