Boll Weevil Monument

Built in 1919. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

From the record

“The Boll Weevil Monument in downtown Enterprise, Alabama, United States, is a prominent landmark and tribute erected by the citizens of Enterprise in 1919 to show their appreciation to an insect, the boll weevil, for its profound influence on the area's agriculture and economy. Hailing the beetle as a "herald of prosperity," it stands as the world's first monument built to honor an agricultural pest.”
Wikipedia article Boll Weevil Monument, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 5 National Register listings published here for Coffee County · listed in 1973 · category: Object · built in 1919.

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 1 object as contributing to the listing.
Address. Main and College Sts., Enterprise, 36330
When was it listed? April 1973
Category. object
Census division. Enterprise
When was it built? 1919
National Register reference number. 73000336 - 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

31 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Boll Weevil Monument between 1994 and 2019, burning about 149 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
Debris and open burning	16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
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
19 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2019	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190916-3
1 September 2011	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	11367 HWY 84, AL
30 August 1995	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 2000	Natural	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 July 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
15 July 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
10 June 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	CR 167, AL

Every fire recorded in Coffee County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Boll Weevil Monument: 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Chinca-Pine Mine	Gold	Past Producer
Eley Mine	Gold	Past Producer
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed Deposit	Iron	Occurrence
Unnamed Deposit	Iron	Occurrence
Unnamed Mine	Iron	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Coffee County

Storms near this property

60 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Enterprise, the town this property stands in, in 72 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 46 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 3 lightning, 3 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 2 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
June 1996	Lightning	Enterprise	1 killed, 2 hurt	no account filed
October 2008	Tornado (EF1)	Enterprise	$4,000,000	A tornado touched down just south of the Enterprise Civic Center. It moved to the east-northeast and lifted just east of Boll Weevil Circle near the Walmart. It caused extensive damage to the civic center, with several windows blown out and much of its roof removed. The winds damaged several vehicles outside the Enterprise Senior Center. A building attached to the old Bama Cotton Mill collapsed. More than a hundred homes and businesses were also damaged. Fortunately, no injuries or deaths were reported. The tornado was rated an EF-1 with winds estimated from 100 to 105 mph.
September 1998	Tornado (F1)	Enterprise	$1,500,000	An F1 tornado touched down on CR 725 near Enterprise. One residence suffered roof damage. Camp Wiregrass sustained moderate to severe damage with several buildings crumpled, trees and power lines down, and scattered debris. Numerous customers in Enterprise were without electric service. A semi was blown over at Con Agra.
July 2004	Lightning	Enterprise	$150,000	Lightning struck a house, destroying the patio and attic. Another house struck by lightning lost its sprinkler system and air conditioner. Reported by the Coffee County EMA.
April 2015	Flash Flood	Enterprise	$50,000	Around a dozen streets were flooded in Enterprise. There was one water rescue of an SUV that stalled in high water. More than a foot of water entered the downtown fire station requiring sandbags and moving furniture. Flash flooding also occurred along a creek along Dixie Drive. Water entered some homes and some residents were evacuated briefly in that area. Damage was estimated.
August 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$50,000	Strong wind ripped a substantial limb from a tree on Edwards Street in Enterprise early Monday morning according to newspaper reports. The limb fell on a late model car shattering the windshield and crushing the roof. Specific time entry is estimated.
August 2010	Lightning	Enterprise	$25,000	Lightning struck the Coffee county District Attorney's office, causing significant computer damage with monetary losses estimated at $25,000.
November 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$25,000	Straight-line winds caused extensive damage to a chicken house at the intersection of State Road 27 and Boll Weevile Circle (Highway 192).
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$20,000	Trees and power lines down. A high school's roof was damaged. Reported by an Enterprise TV station.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$15,000	Three large trees were blown down in a yard with one tree falling on a truck. Damage was estimated.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$12,500	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down around Enterprise. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$10,000	The public reported on facebook that tons of fences were ripped apart in Enterprise due to strong winds.
August 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$8,000	no account filed
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$5,000	Multiple trees and power lines were blown down across the county.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$5,000	Several trees, power lines, and poles were blown down mainly on the north side of Enterprise.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$5,000	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$5,000	Several trees were blown down in Enterprise. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$5,000	Numerous trees and power lines down. Reported by the Coffee County EMA.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$3,000	Several trees and power lines were blown down across the Enterprise area.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$3,000	The Coffee County Emergency Manager reported several trees down on the northern side of Enterprise.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$3,000	Trees and power lines were blown down in and around Enterprise. Monetary damage was estimated.
January 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$3,000	no account filed
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$2,000	Several trees were blown down with power outages in Enterprise.
March 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$2,000	The Covington Electric Coop reported a billboard sign blown into power lines on Rucker Blvd in Enterprise.
May 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$2,000	A tree was blown down onto power lines on Meredith Street.
March 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$2,000	Power lines were blown down on Antler Dr.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$2,000	The Coffee County EMA reported power lines down on County Road 410.
November 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$1,000	The Enterprise police reported a telephone wire blown down along with estimated wind gusts of 60 mph.
March 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$1,000	Damage was reported to a few fences with a few fence sections blown over. In addition, large limbs were broken off two trees. A flag pole was also tilted by the wind to about a 35 to 40 degree angle.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$1,000	A tree was blown down on Antler Drive.
November 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$1,000	A tree was blown down on Virginia Street and another on Highway 92 in Enterprise.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$1,000	A traffic signal fell at the intersection of Rucker Blvd and Dixie Dr.
January 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$1,000	The Coffee County EMA reported downed trees in Enterprise.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$1,000	Downed trees reported by the Coffee County EMA.
March 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$1,000	Trees down. Reported by the Coffee County Sheriff.
August 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$1,000	Police department in New Brockton reported trees and power lines down. Sheriff's office reported several large trees down across roads near Enterprise.
April 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$500	The Coffee County EMA reported some trees down on Timberlake Drive.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	$250	A few utility poles were down in the northern part of the city.
January 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	-	A tree was blown down in Enterprise.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	-	Trees were blown down across Coffee county.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	-	An oak tree was uprooted at Enterprise High School.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	-	Trees were blown down on Cherry Hill Road, Pinehurst Dr, Sylvan Dr, and Janice Street.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	-	A tree was blown down in Enterprise.
April 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	-	A few trees were blown down.
March 2022	Flash Flood	Enterprise	-	College Street in Enterprise was flooded.
April 2021	Hail	Enterprise	-	A law enforcement officer reported quarter size hail hitting their patrol vehicle.
April 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	-	A tree was blown down onto Iroquois Street.
January 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	-	A picture was posted on social media showing a large tree branch snapped off in a driveway in Enterprise.
November 2020	Hail	Enterprise	-	The public reported nickel sized hail in the Enterprise area via social media.
November 2020	Hail	Enterprise	-	The public reported nickel to quarter sized hail near Enterprise via social media.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	-	Several trees were blown down in the Enterprise area.
May 2017	Hail	Enterprise	-	Quarter sized hail was reported northeast of Enterprise.
September 2017	Hail	Enterprise	-	Quarter sized hail fell near Enterprise with a picture posted on social media.
November 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	-	A tree was blown down onto Grimes Street.
August 2015	Hail	Enterprise	-	Dime to nickel size hail was reported between New Brockton and Enterprise with large tree limbs also blown down.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	-	A tree was blown down on Cahaba Drive.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	-	A tree was blown down on Silver Oak Dr.
March 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	-	A citizen reported the tops of a dozen large pine trees were snapped.
March 2009	Hail	Enterprise	-	Nickel sized hail was reported between County Road 625 and Boll Weevil Circle.
April 2006	Hail	Enterprise	-	Penny size hail reported by the Coffee County EMA.

Every storm recorded in Coffee 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

2 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.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	Seaboard Coastline Depot	under 500 feet	1974
	Rawls Hotel	0.7 miles	1980

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 73000336 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Coffee County	All 5 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.